Q: Is 4,279,170 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,279,170 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 4,279,170 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 14 15 21 30 35 41 42 49 70 71 82 98 105 123 142 147 205 210 213 245 246 287 294 355 410 426 490 497 574 615 710 735 861 994 1,065 1,230 1,435 1,470 1,491 1,722 2,009 2,130 2,485 2,870 2,911 2,982 3,479 4,018 4,305 4,970 5,822 6,027 6,958 7,455 8,610 8,733 10,045 10,437 12,054 14,555 14,910 17,395 17,466 20,090 20,377 20,874 29,110 30,135 34,790 40,754 43,665 52,185 60,270 61,131 87,330 101,885 104,370 122,262 142,639 203,770 285,278 305,655 427,917 611,310 713,195 855,834 1,426,390 2,139,585 and 4,279,170, with no remainder.

Since 4,279,170 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,279,170, 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).