Q: Is 4,878,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,878,432 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 4,878,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 72 78 96 104 117 144 156 208 234 288 312 416 468 624 936 1,248 1,303 1,872 2,606 3,744 3,909 5,212 7,818 10,424 11,727 15,636 16,939 20,848 23,454 31,272 33,878 41,696 46,908 50,817 62,544 67,756 93,816 101,634 125,088 135,512 152,451 187,632 203,268 271,024 304,902 375,264 406,536 542,048 609,804 813,072 1,219,608 1,626,144 2,439,216 and 4,878,432, with no remainder.

Since 4,878,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,878,432, 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).