Q: Is 4,790,632 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,790,632 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 4,790,632 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 44 49 56 77 88 98 101 121 154 196 202 242 308 392 404 484 539 616 707 808 847 968 1,078 1,111 1,414 1,694 2,156 2,222 2,828 3,388 4,312 4,444 4,949 5,656 5,929 6,776 7,777 8,888 9,898 11,858 12,221 15,554 19,796 23,716 24,442 31,108 39,592 47,432 48,884 54,439 62,216 85,547 97,768 108,878 171,094 217,756 342,188 435,512 598,829 684,376 1,197,658 2,395,316 and 4,790,632, with no remainder.

Since 4,790,632 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,790,632, 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).