Q: Is 4,824,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,824,736 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 4,824,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 17 28 32 34 49 56 68 98 112 119 136 181 196 224 238 272 362 392 476 544 724 784 833 952 1,267 1,448 1,568 1,666 1,904 2,534 2,896 3,077 3,332 3,808 5,068 5,792 6,154 6,664 8,869 10,136 12,308 13,328 17,738 20,272 21,539 24,616 26,656 35,476 40,544 43,078 49,232 70,952 86,156 98,464 141,904 150,773 172,312 283,808 301,546 344,624 603,092 689,248 1,206,184 2,412,368 and 4,824,736, with no remainder.

Since 4,824,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,824,736, 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).