Q: Is 4,872,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,872,208 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 4,872,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 19 22 31 38 44 47 62 76 88 94 124 152 176 188 209 248 304 341 376 418 496 517 589 682 752 836 893 1,034 1,178 1,364 1,457 1,672 1,786 2,068 2,356 2,728 2,914 3,344 3,572 4,136 4,712 5,456 5,828 6,479 7,144 8,272 9,424 9,823 11,656 12,958 14,288 16,027 19,646 23,312 25,916 27,683 32,054 39,292 51,832 55,366 64,108 78,584 103,664 110,732 128,216 157,168 221,464 256,432 304,513 442,928 609,026 1,218,052 2,436,104 and 4,872,208, with no remainder.

Since 4,872,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,872,208, 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).