Q: Is 4,738,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,738,536 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 4,738,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 31 33 36 44 62 66 72 88 93 99 124 132 186 193 198 248 264 279 341 372 386 396 558 579 682 744 772 792 1,023 1,116 1,158 1,364 1,544 1,737 2,046 2,123 2,232 2,316 2,728 3,069 3,474 4,092 4,246 4,632 5,983 6,138 6,369 6,948 8,184 8,492 11,966 12,276 12,738 13,896 16,984 17,949 19,107 23,932 24,552 25,476 35,898 38,214 47,864 50,952 53,847 65,813 71,796 76,428 107,694 131,626 143,592 152,856 197,439 215,388 263,252 394,878 430,776 526,504 592,317 789,756 1,184,634 1,579,512 2,369,268 and 4,738,536, with no remainder.

Since 4,738,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,738,536, 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).