Q: Is 4,124,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,124,340 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 4,124,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 30 33 36 44 45 55 60 66 90 99 110 132 165 180 198 220 330 396 495 660 990 1,980 2,083 4,166 6,249 8,332 10,415 12,498 18,747 20,830 22,913 24,996 31,245 37,494 41,660 45,826 62,490 68,739 74,988 91,652 93,735 114,565 124,980 137,478 187,470 206,217 229,130 274,956 343,695 374,940 412,434 458,260 687,390 824,868 1,031,085 1,374,780 2,062,170 and 4,124,340, with no remainder.

Since 4,124,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,124,340, 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).