Q: Is 4,968,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,968,432 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 4,968,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 31 36 42 48 53 54 56 62 63 72 84 93 106 108 112 124 126 144 159 168 186 189 212 216 217 248 252 279 318 336 371 372 378 424 432 434 477 496 504 558 636 651 742 744 756 837 848 868 954 1,008 1,113 1,116 1,272 1,302 1,431 1,484 1,488 1,512 1,643 1,674 1,736 1,908 1,953 2,226 2,232 2,544 2,604 2,862 2,968 3,024 3,286 3,339 3,348 3,472 3,816 3,906 4,452 4,464 4,929 5,208 5,724 5,859 5,936 6,572 6,678 6,696 7,632 7,812 8,904 9,858 10,017 10,416 11,448 11,501 11,718 13,144 13,356 13,392 14,787 15,624 17,808 19,716 20,034 22,896 23,002 23,436 26,288 26,712 29,574 31,248 34,503 39,432 40,068 44,361 46,004 46,872 53,424 59,148 69,006 78,864 80,136 88,722 92,008 93,744 103,509 118,296 138,012 160,272 177,444 184,016 207,018 236,592 276,024 310,527 354,888 414,036 552,048 621,054 709,776 828,072 1,242,108 1,656,144 2,484,216 and 4,968,432, with no remainder.

Since 4,968,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,968,432, 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).