Q: Is 4,798,976 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,798,976 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 4,798,976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 32 52 56 64 91 103 104 112 128 182 206 208 224 256 364 412 416 448 512 721 728 824 832 896 1,339 1,442 1,456 1,648 1,664 1,792 2,678 2,884 2,912 3,296 3,328 3,584 5,356 5,768 5,824 6,592 6,656 9,373 10,712 11,536 11,648 13,184 18,746 21,424 23,072 23,296 26,368 37,492 42,848 46,144 46,592 52,736 74,984 85,696 92,288 149,968 171,392 184,576 299,936 342,784 369,152 599,872 685,568 1,199,744 2,399,488 and 4,798,976, with no remainder.

Since 4,798,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,798,976, 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).