Q: Is 4,852,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,852,368 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 4,852,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 31 36 48 62 72 93 124 144 186 248 279 372 496 558 744 1,087 1,116 1,488 2,174 2,232 3,261 4,348 4,464 6,522 8,696 9,783 13,044 17,392 19,566 26,088 33,697 39,132 52,176 67,394 78,264 101,091 134,788 156,528 202,182 269,576 303,273 404,364 539,152 606,546 808,728 1,213,092 1,617,456 2,426,184 and 4,852,368, with no remainder.

Since 4,852,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,852,368, 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).