Q: Is 4,465,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,465,240 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 4,465,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 26 31 40 52 62 65 104 124 130 155 248 260 277 310 403 520 554 620 806 1,108 1,240 1,385 1,612 2,015 2,216 2,770 3,224 3,601 4,030 5,540 7,202 8,060 8,587 11,080 14,404 16,120 17,174 18,005 28,808 34,348 36,010 42,935 68,696 72,020 85,870 111,631 144,040 171,740 223,262 343,480 446,524 558,155 893,048 1,116,310 2,232,620 and 4,465,240, with no remainder.

Since 4,465,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,465,240, 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).