Q: Is 4,341,420 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,341,420 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 4,341,420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 89 90 178 180 267 271 356 445 534 542 801 813 890 1,068 1,084 1,335 1,355 1,602 1,626 1,780 2,439 2,670 2,710 3,204 3,252 4,005 4,065 4,878 5,340 5,420 8,010 8,130 9,756 12,195 16,020 16,260 24,119 24,390 48,238 48,780 72,357 96,476 120,595 144,714 217,071 241,190 289,428 361,785 434,142 482,380 723,570 868,284 1,085,355 1,447,140 2,170,710 and 4,341,420, with no remainder.

Since 4,341,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,341,420, 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).