Q: Is 4,845,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,845,672 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 4,845,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 31 36 39 52 62 72 78 93 104 117 124 156 167 186 234 248 279 312 334 372 403 468 501 558 668 744 806 936 1,002 1,116 1,209 1,336 1,503 1,612 2,004 2,171 2,232 2,418 3,006 3,224 3,627 4,008 4,342 4,836 5,177 6,012 6,513 7,254 8,684 9,672 10,354 12,024 13,026 14,508 15,531 17,368 19,539 20,708 26,052 29,016 31,062 39,078 41,416 46,593 52,104 62,124 67,301 78,156 93,186 124,248 134,602 156,312 186,372 201,903 269,204 372,744 403,806 538,408 605,709 807,612 1,211,418 1,615,224 2,422,836 and 4,845,672, with no remainder.

Since 4,845,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,845,672, 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).