Q: Is 4,793,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,793,712 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 4,793,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 112 132 154 168 176 231 264 308 336 462 528 616 924 1,232 1,297 1,848 2,594 3,696 3,891 5,188 7,782 9,079 10,376 14,267 15,564 18,158 20,752 27,237 28,534 31,128 36,316 42,801 54,474 57,068 62,256 72,632 85,602 99,869 108,948 114,136 145,264 171,204 199,738 217,896 228,272 299,607 342,408 399,476 435,792 599,214 684,816 798,952 1,198,428 1,597,904 2,396,856 and 4,793,712, with no remainder.

Since 4,793,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,793,712, 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).