Q: Is 4,744,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,744,376 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 4,744,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 19 26 28 38 49 52 56 76 91 98 104 133 152 182 196 247 266 343 364 392 494 532 637 686 728 931 988 1,064 1,274 1,372 1,729 1,862 1,976 2,401 2,548 2,744 3,458 3,724 4,459 4,802 5,096 6,517 6,916 7,448 8,918 9,604 12,103 13,034 13,832 17,836 19,208 24,206 26,068 31,213 35,672 45,619 48,412 52,136 62,426 84,721 91,238 96,824 124,852 169,442 182,476 249,704 338,884 364,952 593,047 677,768 1,186,094 2,372,188 and 4,744,376, with no remainder.

Since 4,744,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,744,376, 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).