Q: Is 4,890,942 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,890,942 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 4,890,942 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 19 21 27 38 42 54 57 63 81 114 126 133 162 171 189 227 266 342 378 399 454 513 567 681 798 1,026 1,134 1,197 1,362 1,539 1,589 2,043 2,394 3,078 3,178 3,591 4,086 4,313 4,767 6,129 7,182 8,626 9,534 10,773 12,258 12,939 14,301 18,387 21,546 25,878 28,602 30,191 36,774 38,817 42,903 60,382 77,634 85,806 90,573 116,451 128,709 181,146 232,902 257,418 271,719 349,353 543,438 698,706 815,157 1,630,314 2,445,471 and 4,890,942, with no remainder.

Since 4,890,942 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,890,942, 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).