Q: Is 4,874,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,874,352 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 4,874,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 89 112 163 168 178 267 326 336 356 489 534 623 652 712 978 1,068 1,141 1,246 1,304 1,424 1,869 1,956 2,136 2,282 2,492 2,608 3,423 3,738 3,912 4,272 4,564 4,984 6,846 7,476 7,824 9,128 9,968 13,692 14,507 14,952 18,256 27,384 29,014 29,904 43,521 54,768 58,028 87,042 101,549 116,056 174,084 203,098 232,112 304,647 348,168 406,196 609,294 696,336 812,392 1,218,588 1,624,784 2,437,176 and 4,874,352, with no remainder.

Since 4,874,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,874,352, 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).