Q: Is 4,738,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,738,104 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 4,738,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 17 18 21 24 28 34 36 42 49 51 56 63 68 72 79 84 98 102 119 126 136 147 153 158 168 196 204 237 238 252 294 306 316 357 392 408 441 474 476 504 553 588 612 632 711 714 833 882 948 952 1,071 1,106 1,176 1,224 1,343 1,422 1,428 1,659 1,666 1,764 1,896 2,142 2,212 2,499 2,686 2,844 2,856 3,318 3,332 3,528 3,871 4,029 4,284 4,424 4,977 4,998 5,372 5,688 6,636 6,664 7,497 7,742 8,058 8,568 9,401 9,954 9,996 10,744 11,613 12,087 13,272 14,994 15,484 16,116 18,802 19,908 19,992 23,226 24,174 28,203 29,988 30,968 32,232 34,839 37,604 39,816 46,452 48,348 56,406 59,976 65,807 69,678 75,208 84,609 92,904 96,696 112,812 131,614 139,356 169,218 197,421 225,624 263,228 278,712 338,436 394,842 526,456 592,263 676,872 789,684 1,184,526 1,579,368 2,369,052 and 4,738,104, with no remainder.

Since 4,738,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,738,104, 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).