Q: Is 4,472,820 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,472,820 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 4,472,820 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 27 30 33 36 44 45 54 55 60 66 81 90 99 108 110 132 135 162 165 180 198 220 251 270 297 324 330 396 405 495 502 540 594 660 753 810 891 990 1,004 1,188 1,255 1,485 1,506 1,620 1,782 1,980 2,259 2,510 2,761 2,970 3,012 3,564 3,765 4,455 4,518 5,020 5,522 5,940 6,777 7,530 8,283 8,910 9,036 11,044 11,295 13,554 13,805 15,060 16,566 17,820 20,331 22,590 24,849 27,108 27,610 33,132 33,885 40,662 41,415 45,180 49,698 55,220 67,770 74,547 81,324 82,830 99,396 101,655 124,245 135,540 149,094 165,660 203,310 223,641 248,490 298,188 372,735 406,620 447,282 496,980 745,470 894,564 1,118,205 1,490,940 2,236,410 and 4,472,820, with no remainder.

Since 4,472,820 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,472,820, 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).