Q: Is 4,962,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,962,496 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 4,962,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 19 22 28 32 38 44 53 56 64 76 77 88 106 112 133 152 154 176 209 212 224 266 304 308 352 371 418 424 448 532 583 608 616 704 742 836 848 1,007 1,064 1,166 1,216 1,232 1,463 1,484 1,672 1,696 2,014 2,128 2,332 2,464 2,926 2,968 3,344 3,392 4,028 4,081 4,256 4,664 4,928 5,852 5,936 6,688 7,049 8,056 8,162 8,512 9,328 11,077 11,704 11,872 13,376 14,098 16,112 16,324 18,656 22,154 23,408 23,744 28,196 32,224 32,648 37,312 44,308 46,816 56,392 64,448 65,296 77,539 88,616 93,632 112,784 130,592 155,078 177,232 225,568 261,184 310,156 354,464 451,136 620,312 708,928 1,240,624 2,481,248 and 4,962,496, with no remainder.

Since 4,962,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,962,496, 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).