Q: Is 4,244,730 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,244,730 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 4,244,730 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 14 15 17 21 29 30 34 35 41 42 51 58 70 82 85 87 102 105 119 123 145 170 174 203 205 210 238 246 255 287 290 357 406 410 435 493 510 574 595 609 615 697 714 861 870 986 1,015 1,189 1,190 1,218 1,230 1,394 1,435 1,479 1,722 1,785 2,030 2,091 2,378 2,465 2,870 2,958 3,045 3,451 3,485 3,567 3,570 4,182 4,305 4,879 4,930 5,945 6,090 6,902 6,970 7,134 7,395 8,323 8,610 9,758 10,353 10,455 11,890 14,637 14,790 16,646 17,255 17,835 20,213 20,706 20,910 24,395 24,969 29,274 34,510 35,670 40,426 41,615 48,790 49,938 51,765 60,639 73,185 83,230 101,065 103,530 121,278 124,845 141,491 146,370 202,130 249,690 282,982 303,195 424,473 606,390 707,455 848,946 1,414,910 2,122,365 and 4,244,730, with no remainder.

Since 4,244,730 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,244,730, 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).