Q: Is 4,864,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,864,272 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 4,864,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 31 42 48 56 62 84 93 112 124 168 186 217 248 336 372 434 467 496 651 744 868 934 1,302 1,401 1,488 1,736 1,868 2,604 2,802 3,269 3,472 3,736 5,208 5,604 6,538 7,472 9,807 10,416 11,208 13,076 14,477 19,614 22,416 26,152 28,954 39,228 43,431 52,304 57,908 78,456 86,862 101,339 115,816 156,912 173,724 202,678 231,632 304,017 347,448 405,356 608,034 694,896 810,712 1,216,068 1,621,424 2,432,136 and 4,864,272, with no remainder.

Since 4,864,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,864,272, 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).