Q: Is 4,015,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,015,560 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 4,015,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 109 120 218 307 327 436 545 614 654 872 921 1,090 1,228 1,308 1,535 1,635 1,842 2,180 2,456 2,616 3,070 3,270 3,684 4,360 4,605 6,140 6,540 7,368 9,210 12,280 13,080 18,420 33,463 36,840 66,926 100,389 133,852 167,315 200,778 267,704 334,630 401,556 501,945 669,260 803,112 1,003,890 1,338,520 2,007,780 and 4,015,560, with no remainder.

Since 4,015,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,015,560, 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).