Q: Is 4,242,030 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,242,030 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 4,242,030 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 13 15 26 30 39 65 73 78 130 146 149 195 219 298 365 390 438 447 730 745 894 949 1,095 1,490 1,898 1,937 2,190 2,235 2,847 3,874 4,470 4,745 5,694 5,811 9,490 9,685 10,877 11,622 14,235 19,370 21,754 28,470 29,055 32,631 54,385 58,110 65,262 108,770 141,401 163,155 282,802 326,310 424,203 707,005 848,406 1,414,010 2,121,015 and 4,242,030, with no remainder.

Since 4,242,030 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,242,030, 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).