Q: Is 4,377,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,377,440 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 4,377,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 80 109 160 218 251 436 502 545 872 1,004 1,090 1,255 1,744 2,008 2,180 2,510 3,488 4,016 4,360 5,020 8,032 8,720 10,040 17,440 20,080 27,359 40,160 54,718 109,436 136,795 218,872 273,590 437,744 547,180 875,488 1,094,360 2,188,720 and 4,377,440, with no remainder.

Since 4,377,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,377,440, 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).