Q: Is 4,460,022 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,460,022 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 4,460,022 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 19 21 23 27 38 42 46 54 57 63 69 81 114 126 133 138 161 162 171 189 207 243 266 322 342 378 399 414 437 483 486 513 567 621 729 798 874 966 1,026 1,134 1,197 1,242 1,311 1,449 1,458 1,539 1,701 1,863 2,394 2,622 2,898 3,059 3,078 3,402 3,591 3,726 3,933 4,347 4,617 5,103 5,589 6,118 7,182 7,866 8,694 9,177 9,234 10,206 10,773 11,178 11,799 13,041 13,851 16,767 18,354 21,546 23,598 26,082 27,531 27,702 32,319 33,534 35,397 39,123 55,062 64,638 70,794 78,246 82,593 96,957 106,191 117,369 165,186 193,914 212,382 234,738 247,779 318,573 495,558 637,146 743,337 1,486,674 2,230,011 and 4,460,022, with no remainder.

Since 4,460,022 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,460,022, 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).