Q: Is 4,236,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,236,480 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 4,236,480 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 96 120 144 160 180 192 240 288 320 360 480 576 720 960 1,440 1,471 2,880 2,942 4,413 5,884 7,355 8,826 11,768 13,239 14,710 17,652 22,065 23,536 26,478 29,420 35,304 44,130 47,072 52,956 58,840 66,195 70,608 88,260 94,144 105,912 117,680 132,390 141,216 176,520 211,824 235,360 264,780 282,432 353,040 423,648 470,720 529,560 706,080 847,296 1,059,120 1,412,160 2,118,240 and 4,236,480, with no remainder.

Since 4,236,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,236,480, 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).