Q: Is 4,037,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,037,040 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 4,037,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 16 18 20 21 24 27 28 30 35 36 40 42 45 48 54 56 60 63 70 72 80 81 84 89 90 105 108 112 120 126 135 140 144 162 168 178 180 189 210 216 240 252 267 270 280 315 324 336 356 360 378 405 420 432 445 504 534 540 560 567 623 630 648 712 720 756 801 810 840 890 945 1,008 1,068 1,080 1,134 1,246 1,260 1,296 1,335 1,424 1,512 1,602 1,620 1,680 1,780 1,869 1,890 2,136 2,160 2,268 2,403 2,492 2,520 2,670 2,835 3,024 3,115 3,204 3,240 3,560 3,738 3,780 4,005 4,272 4,536 4,806 4,984 5,040 5,340 5,607 5,670 6,230 6,408 6,480 7,120 7,209 7,476 7,560 8,010 9,072 9,345 9,612 9,968 10,680 11,214 11,340 12,015 12,460 12,816 14,418 14,952 15,120 16,020 16,821 18,690 19,224 21,360 22,428 22,680 24,030 24,920 28,035 28,836 29,904 32,040 33,642 36,045 37,380 38,448 44,856 45,360 48,060 49,840 50,463 56,070 57,672 64,080 67,284 72,090 74,760 84,105 89,712 96,120 100,926 112,140 115,344 134,568 144,180 149,520 168,210 192,240 201,852 224,280 252,315 269,136 288,360 336,420 403,704 448,560 504,630 576,720 672,840 807,408 1,009,260 1,345,680 2,018,520 and 4,037,040, with no remainder.

Since 4,037,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,037,040, 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).