Q: Is 4,015,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,015,760 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 4,015,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 40 56 70 71 80 101 112 140 142 202 280 284 355 404 497 505 560 568 707 710 808 994 1,010 1,136 1,414 1,420 1,616 1,988 2,020 2,485 2,828 2,840 3,535 3,976 4,040 4,970 5,656 5,680 7,070 7,171 7,952 8,080 9,940 11,312 14,140 14,342 19,880 28,280 28,684 35,855 39,760 50,197 56,560 57,368 71,710 100,394 114,736 143,420 200,788 250,985 286,840 401,576 501,970 573,680 803,152 1,003,940 2,007,880 and 4,015,760, with no remainder.

Since 4,015,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,015,760, 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).