Q: Is 4,227,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,227,840 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 4,227,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 45 48 60 64 72 80 90 96 120 128 144 160 180 192 240 256 288 320 360 367 384 480 576 640 720 734 768 960 1,101 1,152 1,280 1,440 1,468 1,835 1,920 2,202 2,304 2,880 2,936 3,303 3,670 3,840 4,404 5,505 5,760 5,872 6,606 7,340 8,808 11,010 11,520 11,744 13,212 14,680 16,515 17,616 22,020 23,488 26,424 29,360 33,030 35,232 44,040 46,976 52,848 58,720 66,060 70,464 88,080 93,952 105,696 117,440 132,120 140,928 176,160 211,392 234,880 264,240 281,856 352,320 422,784 469,760 528,480 704,640 845,568 1,056,960 1,409,280 2,113,920 and 4,227,840, with no remainder.

Since 4,227,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,227,840, 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).