Q: Is 4,044,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,044,720 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 4,044,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 38 40 48 57 60 76 80 95 114 120 152 190 228 240 285 304 380 456 570 760 887 912 1,140 1,520 1,774 2,280 2,661 3,548 4,435 4,560 5,322 7,096 8,870 10,644 13,305 14,192 16,853 17,740 21,288 26,610 33,706 35,480 42,576 50,559 53,220 67,412 70,960 84,265 101,118 106,440 134,824 168,530 202,236 212,880 252,795 269,648 337,060 404,472 505,590 674,120 808,944 1,011,180 1,348,240 2,022,360 and 4,044,720, with no remainder.

Since 4,044,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,044,720, 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).