Q: Is 4,210,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,210,240 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 4,210,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 59 64 80 118 160 223 236 295 320 446 472 590 892 944 1,115 1,180 1,784 1,888 2,230 2,360 3,568 3,776 4,460 4,720 7,136 8,920 9,440 13,157 14,272 17,840 18,880 26,314 35,680 52,628 65,785 71,360 105,256 131,570 210,512 263,140 421,024 526,280 842,048 1,052,560 2,105,120 and 4,210,240, with no remainder.

Since 4,210,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,210,240, 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).