Q: Is 4,923,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,923,744 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 4,923,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 17 21 24 28 32 34 42 48 51 56 68 84 96 102 112 119 136 168 204 224 238 272 336 357 408 431 476 544 672 714 816 862 952 1,293 1,428 1,632 1,724 1,904 2,586 2,856 3,017 3,448 3,808 5,172 5,712 6,034 6,896 7,327 9,051 10,344 11,424 12,068 13,792 14,654 18,102 20,688 21,981 24,136 29,308 36,204 41,376 43,962 48,272 51,289 58,616 72,408 87,924 96,544 102,578 117,232 144,816 153,867 175,848 205,156 234,464 289,632 307,734 351,696 410,312 615,468 703,392 820,624 1,230,936 1,641,248 2,461,872 and 4,923,744, with no remainder.

Since 4,923,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,923,744, 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).