Q: Is 4,212,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,212,960 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 4,212,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 67 80 96 120 131 134 160 201 240 262 268 335 393 402 480 524 536 655 670 786 804 1,005 1,048 1,072 1,310 1,340 1,572 1,608 1,965 2,010 2,096 2,144 2,620 2,680 3,144 3,216 3,930 4,020 4,192 5,240 5,360 6,288 6,432 7,860 8,040 8,777 10,480 10,720 12,576 15,720 16,080 17,554 20,960 26,331 31,440 32,160 35,108 43,885 52,662 62,880 70,216 87,770 105,324 131,655 140,432 175,540 210,648 263,310 280,864 351,080 421,296 526,620 702,160 842,592 1,053,240 1,404,320 2,106,480 and 4,212,960, with no remainder.

Since 4,212,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,212,960, 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).