Q: Is 4,816,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,816,224 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 4,816,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 224 252 288 336 504 672 1,008 2,016 2,389 4,778 7,167 9,556 14,334 16,723 19,112 21,501 28,668 33,446 38,224 43,002 50,169 57,336 66,892 76,448 86,004 100,338 114,672 133,784 150,507 172,008 200,676 229,344 267,568 301,014 344,016 401,352 535,136 602,028 688,032 802,704 1,204,056 1,605,408 2,408,112 and 4,816,224, with no remainder.

Since 4,816,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,816,224, 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).