Q: Is 4,974,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,974,552 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 4,974,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 44 66 72 88 99 121 132 198 242 264 363 396 484 571 726 792 968 1,089 1,142 1,452 1,713 2,178 2,284 2,904 3,426 4,356 4,568 5,139 6,281 6,852 8,712 10,278 12,562 13,704 18,843 20,556 25,124 37,686 41,112 50,248 56,529 69,091 75,372 113,058 138,182 150,744 207,273 226,116 276,364 414,546 452,232 552,728 621,819 829,092 1,243,638 1,658,184 2,487,276 and 4,974,552, with no remainder.

Since 4,974,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,974,552, 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).