Q: Is 4,735,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,735,008 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 4,735,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 41 48 72 82 96 123 144 164 246 288 328 369 401 492 656 738 802 984 1,203 1,312 1,476 1,604 1,968 2,406 2,952 3,208 3,609 3,936 4,812 5,904 6,416 7,218 9,624 11,808 12,832 14,436 16,441 19,248 28,872 32,882 38,496 49,323 57,744 65,764 98,646 115,488 131,528 147,969 197,292 263,056 295,938 394,584 526,112 591,876 789,168 1,183,752 1,578,336 2,367,504 and 4,735,008, with no remainder.

Since 4,735,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,735,008, 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).