Q: Is 4,412,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,412,640 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 4,412,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 29 30 32 40 48 58 60 80 87 96 116 120 145 160 174 232 240 290 317 348 435 464 480 580 634 696 870 928 951 1,160 1,268 1,392 1,585 1,740 1,902 2,320 2,536 2,784 3,170 3,480 3,804 4,640 4,755 5,072 6,340 6,960 7,608 9,193 9,510 10,144 12,680 13,920 15,216 18,386 19,020 25,360 27,579 30,432 36,772 38,040 45,965 50,720 55,158 73,544 76,080 91,930 110,316 137,895 147,088 152,160 183,860 220,632 275,790 294,176 367,720 441,264 551,580 735,440 882,528 1,103,160 1,470,880 2,206,320 and 4,412,640, with no remainder.

Since 4,412,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,412,640, 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).