Q: Is 4,798,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,798,728 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 4,798,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 44 66 72 73 83 88 99 132 146 166 198 219 249 264 292 332 396 438 498 584 657 664 747 792 803 876 913 996 1,314 1,494 1,606 1,752 1,826 1,992 2,409 2,628 2,739 2,988 3,212 3,652 4,818 5,256 5,478 5,976 6,059 6,424 7,227 7,304 8,217 9,636 10,956 12,118 14,454 16,434 18,177 19,272 21,912 24,236 28,908 32,868 36,354 48,472 54,531 57,816 65,736 66,649 72,708 109,062 133,298 145,416 199,947 218,124 266,596 399,894 436,248 533,192 599,841 799,788 1,199,682 1,599,576 2,399,364 and 4,798,728, with no remainder.

Since 4,798,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,798,728, 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).