Q: Is 4,948,902 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,948,902 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 4,948,902 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 31 42 49 62 63 93 98 126 147 181 186 217 279 294 362 434 441 543 558 651 882 1,086 1,267 1,302 1,519 1,629 1,953 2,534 3,038 3,258 3,801 3,906 4,557 5,611 7,602 8,869 9,114 11,222 11,403 13,671 16,833 17,738 22,806 26,607 27,342 33,666 39,277 50,499 53,214 78,554 79,821 100,998 117,831 159,642 235,662 274,939 353,493 549,878 706,986 824,817 1,649,634 2,474,451 and 4,948,902, with no remainder.

Since 4,948,902 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,948,902, 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).