Q: Is 4,850,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,850,136 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 4,850,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 31 36 41 53 62 72 82 93 106 123 124 159 164 186 212 246 248 279 318 328 369 372 424 477 492 558 636 738 744 954 984 1,116 1,271 1,272 1,476 1,643 1,908 2,173 2,232 2,542 2,952 3,286 3,813 3,816 4,346 4,929 5,084 6,519 6,572 7,626 8,692 9,858 10,168 11,439 13,038 13,144 14,787 15,252 17,384 19,557 19,716 22,878 26,076 29,574 30,504 39,114 39,432 45,756 52,152 59,148 67,363 78,228 91,512 118,296 134,726 156,456 202,089 269,452 404,178 538,904 606,267 808,356 1,212,534 1,616,712 2,425,068 and 4,850,136, with no remainder.

Since 4,850,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,850,136, 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).