Q: Is 4,736,928 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,736,928 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 4,736,928 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 19 21 24 28 32 38 42 48 49 53 56 57 76 84 96 98 106 112 114 133 147 152 159 168 196 212 224 228 266 294 304 318 336 371 392 399 424 456 532 588 608 636 672 742 784 798 848 912 931 1,007 1,064 1,113 1,176 1,272 1,484 1,568 1,596 1,696 1,824 1,862 2,014 2,128 2,226 2,352 2,544 2,597 2,793 2,968 3,021 3,192 3,724 4,028 4,256 4,452 4,704 5,088 5,194 5,586 5,936 6,042 6,384 7,049 7,448 7,791 8,056 8,904 10,388 11,172 11,872 12,084 12,768 14,098 14,896 15,582 16,112 17,808 20,776 21,147 22,344 24,168 28,196 29,792 31,164 32,224 35,616 41,552 42,294 44,688 48,336 49,343 56,392 62,328 83,104 84,588 89,376 96,672 98,686 112,784 124,656 148,029 169,176 197,372 225,568 249,312 296,058 338,352 394,744 592,116 676,704 789,488 1,184,232 1,578,976 2,368,464 and 4,736,928, with no remainder.

Since 4,736,928 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,736,928, 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).