Q: Is 4,214,730 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,214,730 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 4,214,730 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 13 15 26 30 39 65 78 101 107 130 195 202 214 303 321 390 505 535 606 642 1,010 1,070 1,313 1,391 1,515 1,605 2,626 2,782 3,030 3,210 3,939 4,173 6,565 6,955 7,878 8,346 10,807 13,130 13,910 19,695 20,865 21,614 32,421 39,390 41,730 54,035 64,842 108,070 140,491 162,105 280,982 324,210 421,473 702,455 842,946 1,404,910 2,107,365 and 4,214,730, with no remainder.

Since 4,214,730 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,214,730, 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).