Q: Is 4,884,138 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,884,138 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 4,884,138 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 54 59 63 73 81 118 126 146 162 177 189 219 354 378 413 438 511 531 567 657 826 1,022 1,062 1,134 1,239 1,314 1,533 1,593 1,971 2,478 3,066 3,186 3,717 3,942 4,307 4,599 4,779 5,913 7,434 8,614 9,198 9,558 11,151 11,826 12,921 13,797 22,302 25,842 27,594 30,149 33,453 38,763 41,391 60,298 66,906 77,526 82,782 90,447 116,289 180,894 232,578 271,341 348,867 542,682 697,734 814,023 1,628,046 2,442,069 and 4,884,138, with no remainder.

Since 4,884,138 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,884,138, 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).