Q: Is 4,850,064 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,850,064 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 4,850,064 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 103 108 109 144 206 216 218 309 327 412 432 436 618 654 824 872 927 981 1,236 1,308 1,648 1,744 1,854 1,962 2,472 2,616 2,781 2,943 3,708 3,924 4,944 5,232 5,562 5,886 7,416 7,848 11,124 11,227 11,772 14,832 15,696 22,248 22,454 23,544 33,681 44,496 44,908 47,088 67,362 89,816 101,043 134,724 179,632 202,086 269,448 303,129 404,172 538,896 606,258 808,344 1,212,516 1,616,688 2,425,032 and 4,850,064, with no remainder.

Since 4,850,064 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,850,064, 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).