Q: Is 4,831,776 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,831,776 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 4,831,776 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 32 36 38 48 57 72 76 96 114 144 152 171 228 288 304 342 456 608 684 883 912 1,368 1,766 1,824 2,649 2,736 3,532 5,298 5,472 7,064 7,947 10,596 14,128 15,894 16,777 21,192 28,256 31,788 33,554 42,384 50,331 63,576 67,108 84,768 100,662 127,152 134,216 150,993 201,324 254,304 268,432 301,986 402,648 536,864 603,972 805,296 1,207,944 1,610,592 2,415,888 and 4,831,776, with no remainder.

Since 4,831,776 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,831,776, 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).