Q: Is 4,457,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,457,120 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 4,457,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 80 89 160 178 313 356 445 626 712 890 1,252 1,424 1,565 1,780 2,504 2,848 3,130 3,560 5,008 6,260 7,120 10,016 12,520 14,240 25,040 27,857 50,080 55,714 111,428 139,285 222,856 278,570 445,712 557,140 891,424 1,114,280 2,228,560 and 4,457,120, with no remainder.

Since 4,457,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,457,120, 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).