Q: Is 4,742,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,742,232 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 4,742,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 23 24 33 44 46 66 69 71 88 92 121 132 138 142 184 213 242 253 264 276 284 363 426 484 506 552 568 726 759 781 852 968 1,012 1,452 1,518 1,562 1,633 1,704 2,024 2,343 2,783 2,904 3,036 3,124 3,266 4,686 4,899 5,566 6,072 6,248 6,532 8,349 8,591 9,372 9,798 11,132 13,064 16,698 17,182 17,963 18,744 19,596 22,264 25,773 33,396 34,364 35,926 39,192 51,546 53,889 66,792 68,728 71,852 103,092 107,778 143,704 197,593 206,184 215,556 395,186 431,112 592,779 790,372 1,185,558 1,580,744 2,371,116 and 4,742,232, with no remainder.

Since 4,742,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,742,232, 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).