Q: Is 4,422,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,422,240 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 4,422,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 37 40 45 48 60 72 74 80 83 90 96 111 120 144 148 160 166 180 185 222 240 249 288 296 332 333 360 370 415 444 480 498 555 592 664 666 720 740 747 830 888 996 1,110 1,184 1,245 1,328 1,332 1,440 1,480 1,494 1,660 1,665 1,776 1,992 2,220 2,490 2,656 2,664 2,960 2,988 3,071 3,320 3,330 3,552 3,735 3,984 4,440 4,980 5,328 5,920 5,976 6,142 6,640 6,660 7,470 7,968 8,880 9,213 9,960 10,656 11,952 12,284 13,280 13,320 14,940 15,355 17,760 18,426 19,920 23,904 24,568 26,640 27,639 29,880 30,710 36,852 39,840 46,065 49,136 53,280 55,278 59,760 61,420 73,704 92,130 98,272 110,556 119,520 122,840 138,195 147,408 184,260 221,112 245,680 276,390 294,816 368,520 442,224 491,360 552,780 737,040 884,448 1,105,560 1,474,080 2,211,120 and 4,422,240, with no remainder.

Since 4,422,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,422,240, 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).