Q: Is 4,774,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,774,824 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 4,774,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 34 36 47 51 68 72 83 94 102 136 141 153 166 188 204 249 282 306 332 376 408 423 498 564 612 664 747 799 846 996 1,128 1,224 1,411 1,494 1,598 1,692 1,992 2,397 2,822 2,988 3,196 3,384 3,901 4,233 4,794 5,644 5,976 6,392 7,191 7,802 8,466 9,588 11,288 11,703 12,699 14,382 15,604 16,932 19,176 23,406 25,398 28,764 31,208 33,864 35,109 46,812 50,796 57,528 66,317 70,218 93,624 101,592 132,634 140,436 198,951 265,268 280,872 397,902 530,536 596,853 795,804 1,193,706 1,591,608 2,387,412 and 4,774,824, with no remainder.

Since 4,774,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,774,824, 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).