Q: Is 4,432,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,432,440 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 4,432,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 43 60 86 120 129 172 215 258 344 430 516 645 859 860 1,032 1,290 1,718 1,720 2,577 2,580 3,436 4,295 5,154 5,160 6,872 8,590 10,308 12,885 17,180 20,616 25,770 34,360 36,937 51,540 73,874 103,080 110,811 147,748 184,685 221,622 295,496 369,370 443,244 554,055 738,740 886,488 1,108,110 1,477,480 2,216,220 and 4,432,440, with no remainder.

Since 4,432,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,432,440, 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).