Q: Is 4,873,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,873,344 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 4,873,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 37 42 48 49 56 64 74 84 96 98 111 112 128 147 148 168 192 196 222 224 259 294 296 336 343 384 392 444 448 518 588 592 672 686 777 784 888 896 1,029 1,036 1,176 1,184 1,344 1,372 1,554 1,568 1,776 1,813 2,058 2,072 2,352 2,368 2,688 2,744 3,108 3,136 3,552 3,626 4,116 4,144 4,704 4,736 5,439 5,488 6,216 6,272 7,104 7,252 8,232 8,288 9,408 10,878 10,976 12,432 12,691 14,208 14,504 16,464 16,576 18,816 21,756 21,952 24,864 25,382 29,008 32,928 33,152 38,073 43,512 43,904 49,728 50,764 58,016 65,856 76,146 87,024 99,456 101,528 116,032 131,712 152,292 174,048 203,056 232,064 304,584 348,096 406,112 609,168 696,192 812,224 1,218,336 1,624,448 2,436,672 and 4,873,344, with no remainder.

Since 4,873,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,873,344, 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).