Q: Is 4,473,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,473,960 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 4,473,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 23 24 30 40 46 60 69 92 115 120 138 184 230 276 345 460 552 690 920 1,380 1,621 2,760 3,242 4,863 6,484 8,105 9,726 12,968 16,210 19,452 24,315 32,420 37,283 38,904 48,630 64,840 74,566 97,260 111,849 149,132 186,415 194,520 223,698 298,264 372,830 447,396 559,245 745,660 894,792 1,118,490 1,491,320 2,236,980 and 4,473,960, with no remainder.

Since 4,473,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,473,960, 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).