Q: Is 4,372,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,372,240 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 4,372,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 31 40 41 43 62 80 82 86 124 155 164 172 205 215 248 310 328 344 410 430 496 620 656 688 820 860 1,240 1,271 1,333 1,640 1,720 1,763 2,480 2,542 2,666 3,280 3,440 3,526 5,084 5,332 6,355 6,665 7,052 8,815 10,168 10,664 12,710 13,330 14,104 17,630 20,336 21,328 25,420 26,660 28,208 35,260 50,840 53,320 54,653 70,520 101,680 106,640 109,306 141,040 218,612 273,265 437,224 546,530 874,448 1,093,060 2,186,120 and 4,372,240, with no remainder.

Since 4,372,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,372,240, 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).