Q: Is 4,203,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,203,940 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 4,203,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 19 20 23 26 37 38 46 52 65 74 76 92 95 115 130 148 185 190 230 247 260 299 370 380 437 460 481 494 598 703 740 851 874 962 988 1,196 1,235 1,406 1,495 1,702 1,748 1,924 2,185 2,405 2,470 2,812 2,990 3,404 3,515 4,255 4,370 4,810 4,940 5,681 5,980 7,030 8,510 8,740 9,139 9,620 11,063 11,362 14,060 16,169 17,020 18,278 22,126 22,724 28,405 32,338 36,556 44,252 45,695 55,315 56,810 64,676 80,845 91,390 110,630 113,620 161,690 182,780 210,197 221,260 323,380 420,394 840,788 1,050,985 2,101,970 and 4,203,940, with no remainder.

Since 4,203,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,203,940, 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).