Q: Is 4,236,870 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,236,870 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 4,236,870 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 22 30 33 37 55 66 74 110 111 165 185 222 330 347 370 407 555 694 814 1,041 1,110 1,221 1,735 2,035 2,082 2,442 3,470 3,817 4,070 5,205 6,105 7,634 10,410 11,451 12,210 12,839 19,085 22,902 25,678 38,170 38,517 57,255 64,195 77,034 114,510 128,390 141,229 192,585 282,458 385,170 423,687 706,145 847,374 1,412,290 2,118,435 and 4,236,870, with no remainder.

Since 4,236,870 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,236,870, 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).