Q: Is 4,463,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,463,040 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 4,463,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 160 192 240 320 480 960 4,649 9,298 13,947 18,596 23,245 27,894 37,192 46,490 55,788 69,735 74,384 92,980 111,576 139,470 148,768 185,960 223,152 278,940 297,536 371,920 446,304 557,880 743,840 892,608 1,115,760 1,487,680 2,231,520 and 4,463,040, with no remainder.

Since 4,463,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,463,040, 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).