Q: Is 4,777,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,777,472 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 4,777,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 31 32 43 56 62 64 86 112 124 128 172 217 224 248 256 301 344 434 448 496 512 602 688 868 896 992 1,204 1,333 1,376 1,736 1,792 1,984 2,408 2,666 2,752 3,472 3,584 3,968 4,816 5,332 5,504 6,944 7,936 9,331 9,632 10,664 11,008 13,888 15,872 18,662 19,264 21,328 22,016 27,776 37,324 38,528 42,656 55,552 74,648 77,056 85,312 111,104 149,296 154,112 170,624 298,592 341,248 597,184 682,496 1,194,368 2,388,736 and 4,777,472, with no remainder.

Since 4,777,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,777,472, 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).