Q: Is 4,216,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,216,440 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 4,216,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 41 60 82 120 123 164 205 246 328 410 492 615 820 857 984 1,230 1,640 1,714 2,460 2,571 3,428 4,285 4,920 5,142 6,856 8,570 10,284 12,855 17,140 20,568 25,710 34,280 35,137 51,420 70,274 102,840 105,411 140,548 175,685 210,822 281,096 351,370 421,644 527,055 702,740 843,288 1,054,110 1,405,480 2,108,220 and 4,216,440, with no remainder.

Since 4,216,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,216,440, 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).