Q: Is 4,379,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,379,760 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 4,379,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 18 20 21 22 24 28 30 33 35 36 40 42 44 45 48 55 56 60 63 66 70 72 77 79 80 84 88 90 99 105 110 112 120 126 132 140 144 154 158 165 168 176 180 198 210 220 231 237 240 252 264 280 308 315 316 330 336 360 385 395 396 420 440 462 474 495 504 528 553 560 616 630 632 660 693 711 720 770 790 792 840 869 880 924 948 990 1,008 1,106 1,155 1,185 1,232 1,260 1,264 1,320 1,386 1,422 1,540 1,580 1,584 1,659 1,680 1,738 1,848 1,896 1,980 2,212 2,310 2,370 2,520 2,607 2,640 2,765 2,772 2,844 3,080 3,160 3,318 3,465 3,476 3,555 3,696 3,792 3,960 4,345 4,424 4,620 4,740 4,977 5,040 5,214 5,530 5,544 5,688 6,083 6,160 6,320 6,636 6,930 6,952 7,110 7,821 7,920 8,295 8,690 8,848 9,240 9,480 9,954 10,428 11,060 11,088 11,376 12,166 13,035 13,272 13,860 13,904 14,220 15,642 16,590 17,380 18,249 18,480 18,960 19,908 20,856 22,120 24,332 24,885 26,070 26,544 27,720 28,440 30,415 31,284 33,180 34,760 36,498 39,105 39,816 41,712 44,240 48,664 49,770 52,140 54,747 55,440 56,880 60,830 62,568 66,360 69,520 72,996 78,210 79,632 91,245 97,328 99,540 104,280 109,494 121,660 125,136 132,720 145,992 156,420 182,490 199,080 208,560 218,988 243,320 273,735 291,984 312,840 364,980 398,160 437,976 486,640 547,470 625,680 729,960 875,952 1,094,940 1,459,920 2,189,880 and 4,379,760, with no remainder.

Since 4,379,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,379,760, 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).