Q: Is 4,331,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,331,940 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 4,331,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 17 20 30 31 34 51 60 62 68 85 93 102 124 137 155 170 186 204 255 274 310 340 372 411 465 510 527 548 620 685 822 930 1,020 1,054 1,370 1,581 1,644 1,860 2,055 2,108 2,329 2,635 2,740 3,162 4,110 4,247 4,658 5,270 6,324 6,987 7,905 8,220 8,494 9,316 10,540 11,645 12,741 13,974 15,810 16,988 21,235 23,290 25,482 27,948 31,620 34,935 42,470 46,580 50,964 63,705 69,870 72,199 84,940 127,410 139,740 144,398 216,597 254,820 288,796 360,995 433,194 721,990 866,388 1,082,985 1,443,980 2,165,970 and 4,331,940, with no remainder.

Since 4,331,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,331,940, 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).