Q: Is 4,435,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,435,840 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 4,435,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 29 32 40 58 64 80 116 128 145 160 232 239 290 320 464 478 580 640 928 956 1,160 1,195 1,856 1,912 2,320 2,390 3,712 3,824 4,640 4,780 6,931 7,648 9,280 9,560 13,862 15,296 18,560 19,120 27,724 30,592 34,655 38,240 55,448 69,310 76,480 110,896 138,620 152,960 221,792 277,240 443,584 554,480 887,168 1,108,960 2,217,920 and 4,435,840, with no remainder.

Since 4,435,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,435,840, 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).