Q: Is 4,231,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,231,440 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 4,231,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 48 54 60 72 80 81 90 108 120 135 144 162 180 216 240 270 324 360 405 432 540 648 653 720 810 1,080 1,296 1,306 1,620 1,959 2,160 2,612 3,240 3,265 3,918 5,224 5,877 6,480 6,530 7,836 9,795 10,448 11,754 13,060 15,672 17,631 19,590 23,508 26,120 29,385 31,344 35,262 39,180 47,016 52,240 52,893 58,770 70,524 78,360 88,155 94,032 105,786 117,540 141,048 156,720 176,310 211,572 235,080 264,465 282,096 352,620 423,144 470,160 528,930 705,240 846,288 1,057,860 1,410,480 2,115,720 and 4,231,440, with no remainder.

Since 4,231,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,231,440, 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).