Q: Is 4,473,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,473,560 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 4,473,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 13 14 20 26 28 35 40 52 56 65 70 91 104 130 140 182 260 280 364 455 520 728 910 1,229 1,820 2,458 3,640 4,916 6,145 8,603 9,832 12,290 15,977 17,206 24,580 31,954 34,412 43,015 49,160 63,908 68,824 79,885 86,030 111,839 127,816 159,770 172,060 223,678 319,540 344,120 447,356 559,195 639,080 894,712 1,118,390 2,236,780 and 4,473,560, with no remainder.

Since 4,473,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,473,560, 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).