Q: Is 4,887,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,887,624 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 4,887,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 47 56 84 94 141 168 188 282 329 376 564 619 658 987 1,128 1,238 1,316 1,857 1,974 2,476 2,632 3,714 3,948 4,333 4,952 7,428 7,896 8,666 12,999 14,856 17,332 25,998 29,093 34,664 51,996 58,186 87,279 103,992 116,372 174,558 203,651 232,744 349,116 407,302 610,953 698,232 814,604 1,221,906 1,629,208 2,443,812 and 4,887,624, with no remainder.

Since 4,887,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,887,624, 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).