Q: Is 4,311,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,311,240 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 4,311,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 37 40 60 74 111 120 148 185 222 296 370 444 555 740 888 971 1,110 1,480 1,942 2,220 2,913 3,884 4,440 4,855 5,826 7,768 9,710 11,652 14,565 19,420 23,304 29,130 35,927 38,840 58,260 71,854 107,781 116,520 143,708 179,635 215,562 287,416 359,270 431,124 538,905 718,540 862,248 1,077,810 1,437,080 2,155,620 and 4,311,240, with no remainder.

Since 4,311,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,311,240, 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).