Q: Is 4,849,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,849,728 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 4,849,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 29 32 39 48 52 58 64 67 78 87 96 104 116 134 156 174 192 201 208 232 268 312 348 377 402 416 464 536 624 696 754 804 832 871 928 1,072 1,131 1,248 1,392 1,508 1,608 1,742 1,856 1,943 2,144 2,262 2,496 2,613 2,784 3,016 3,216 3,484 3,886 4,288 4,524 5,226 5,568 5,829 6,032 6,432 6,968 7,772 9,048 10,452 11,658 12,064 12,864 13,936 15,544 18,096 20,904 23,316 24,128 25,259 27,872 31,088 36,192 41,808 46,632 50,518 55,744 62,176 72,384 75,777 83,616 93,264 101,036 124,352 151,554 167,232 186,528 202,072 303,108 373,056 404,144 606,216 808,288 1,212,432 1,616,576 2,424,864 and 4,849,728, with no remainder.

Since 4,849,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,849,728, 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).