Q: Is 4,772,724 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,772,724 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 4,772,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 19 22 33 38 44 57 66 76 114 121 132 173 209 228 242 346 363 418 484 519 627 692 726 836 1,038 1,254 1,452 1,903 2,076 2,299 2,508 3,287 3,806 4,598 5,709 6,574 6,897 7,612 9,196 9,861 11,418 13,148 13,794 19,722 20,933 22,836 27,588 36,157 39,444 41,866 62,799 72,314 83,732 108,471 125,598 144,628 216,942 251,196 397,727 433,884 795,454 1,193,181 1,590,908 2,386,362 and 4,772,724, with no remainder.

Since 4,772,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,772,724, 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).