Q: Is 4,733,316 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,733,316 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 4,733,316 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 54 63 81 84 108 126 162 189 252 324 378 567 756 1,134 2,087 2,268 4,174 6,261 8,348 12,522 14,609 18,783 25,044 29,218 37,566 43,827 56,349 58,436 75,132 87,654 112,698 131,481 169,047 175,308 225,396 262,962 338,094 394,443 525,924 676,188 788,886 1,183,329 1,577,772 2,366,658 and 4,733,316, with no remainder.

Since 4,733,316 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,733,316, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).