Q: Is 4,237,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,237,240 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 4,237,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 37 40 56 70 74 140 148 185 259 280 296 370 409 518 740 818 1,036 1,295 1,480 1,636 2,045 2,072 2,590 2,863 3,272 4,090 5,180 5,726 8,180 10,360 11,452 14,315 15,133 16,360 22,904 28,630 30,266 57,260 60,532 75,665 105,931 114,520 121,064 151,330 211,862 302,660 423,724 529,655 605,320 847,448 1,059,310 2,118,620 and 4,237,240, with no remainder.

Since 4,237,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,237,240, 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).