Q: Is 4,398,570 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,398,570 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 4,398,570 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 15 18 22 27 30 33 45 54 55 66 90 99 110 135 165 198 270 297 330 495 594 990 1,481 1,485 2,962 2,970 4,443 7,405 8,886 13,329 14,810 16,291 22,215 26,658 32,582 39,987 44,430 48,873 66,645 79,974 81,455 97,746 133,290 146,619 162,910 199,935 244,365 293,238 399,870 439,857 488,730 733,095 879,714 1,466,190 2,199,285 and 4,398,570, with no remainder.

Since 4,398,570 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,398,570, 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).