Q: Is 4,270,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,270,420 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 4,270,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 44 47 55 59 70 77 94 110 118 140 154 188 220 235 236 295 308 329 385 413 470 517 590 649 658 770 826 940 1,034 1,180 1,298 1,316 1,540 1,645 1,652 2,065 2,068 2,585 2,596 2,773 3,245 3,290 3,619 4,130 4,543 5,170 5,546 6,490 6,580 7,238 8,260 9,086 10,340 11,092 12,980 13,865 14,476 18,095 18,172 19,411 22,715 27,730 30,503 36,190 38,822 45,430 55,460 61,006 72,380 77,644 90,860 97,055 122,012 152,515 194,110 213,521 305,030 388,220 427,042 610,060 854,084 1,067,605 2,135,210 and 4,270,420, with no remainder.

Since 4,270,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,270,420, 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).