Q: Is 4,471,170 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,471,170 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 4,471,170 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 17 22 30 33 34 51 55 66 85 102 110 165 170 187 255 330 374 510 561 797 935 1,122 1,594 1,870 2,391 2,805 3,985 4,782 5,610 7,970 8,767 11,955 13,549 17,534 23,910 26,301 27,098 40,647 43,835 52,602 67,745 81,294 87,670 131,505 135,490 149,039 203,235 263,010 298,078 406,470 447,117 745,195 894,234 1,490,390 2,235,585 and 4,471,170, with no remainder.

Since 4,471,170 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,471,170, 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).