Q: Is 4,797,702 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,797,702 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 4,797,702 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 13 14 18 21 26 29 39 42 58 63 78 87 91 101 117 126 174 182 202 203 234 261 273 303 377 406 522 546 606 609 707 754 819 909 1,131 1,218 1,313 1,414 1,638 1,818 1,827 2,121 2,262 2,626 2,639 2,929 3,393 3,654 3,939 4,242 5,278 5,858 6,363 6,786 7,878 7,917 8,787 9,191 11,817 12,726 15,834 17,574 18,382 20,503 23,634 23,751 26,361 27,573 38,077 41,006 47,502 52,722 55,146 61,509 76,154 82,719 114,231 123,018 165,438 184,527 228,462 266,539 342,693 369,054 533,078 685,386 799,617 1,599,234 2,398,851 and 4,797,702, with no remainder.

Since 4,797,702 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,797,702, 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).