Q: Is 4,863,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,863,456 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 4,863,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 32 36 39 48 52 54 72 78 96 104 108 117 144 156 208 216 234 288 312 351 416 432 433 468 624 702 864 866 936 1,248 1,299 1,404 1,732 1,872 2,598 2,808 3,464 3,744 3,897 5,196 5,616 5,629 6,928 7,794 10,392 11,232 11,258 11,691 13,856 15,588 16,887 20,784 22,516 23,382 31,176 33,774 41,568 45,032 46,764 50,661 62,352 67,548 90,064 93,528 101,322 124,704 135,096 151,983 180,128 187,056 202,644 270,192 303,966 374,112 405,288 540,384 607,932 810,576 1,215,864 1,621,152 2,431,728 and 4,863,456, with no remainder.

Since 4,863,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,863,456, 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).