Q: Is 4,312,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,312,920 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 4,312,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 127 254 283 381 508 566 635 762 849 1,016 1,132 1,270 1,415 1,524 1,698 1,905 2,264 2,540 2,830 3,048 3,396 3,810 4,245 5,080 5,660 6,792 7,620 8,490 11,320 15,240 16,980 33,960 35,941 71,882 107,823 143,764 179,705 215,646 287,528 359,410 431,292 539,115 718,820 862,584 1,078,230 1,437,640 2,156,460 and 4,312,920, with no remainder.

Since 4,312,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,312,920, 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).