Q: Is 4,359,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,359,120 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 4,359,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 41 48 60 80 82 120 123 164 205 240 246 328 410 443 492 615 656 820 886 984 1,230 1,329 1,640 1,772 1,968 2,215 2,460 2,658 3,280 3,544 4,430 4,920 5,316 6,645 7,088 8,860 9,840 10,632 13,290 17,720 18,163 21,264 26,580 35,440 36,326 53,160 54,489 72,652 90,815 106,320 108,978 145,304 181,630 217,956 272,445 290,608 363,260 435,912 544,890 726,520 871,824 1,089,780 1,453,040 2,179,560 and 4,359,120, with no remainder.

Since 4,359,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,359,120, 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).