Q: Is 4,877,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,877,496 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 4,877,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 81 104 108 117 156 162 193 216 234 243 312 324 351 386 468 486 579 648 702 772 936 972 1,053 1,158 1,404 1,544 1,737 1,944 2,106 2,316 2,509 2,808 3,159 3,474 4,212 4,632 5,018 5,211 6,318 6,948 7,527 8,424 10,036 10,422 12,636 13,896 15,054 15,633 20,072 20,844 22,581 25,272 30,108 31,266 41,688 45,162 46,899 60,216 62,532 67,743 90,324 93,798 125,064 135,486 180,648 187,596 203,229 270,972 375,192 406,458 541,944 609,687 812,916 1,219,374 1,625,832 2,438,748 and 4,877,496, with no remainder.

Since 4,877,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,877,496, 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).