Q: Is 4,474,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,474,740 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 4,474,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 17 20 30 34 41 51 60 68 82 85 102 107 123 164 170 204 205 214 246 255 321 340 410 428 492 510 535 615 642 697 820 1,020 1,070 1,230 1,284 1,394 1,605 1,819 2,091 2,140 2,460 2,788 3,210 3,485 3,638 4,182 4,387 5,457 6,420 6,970 7,276 8,364 8,774 9,095 10,455 10,914 13,161 13,940 17,548 18,190 20,910 21,828 21,935 26,322 27,285 36,380 41,820 43,870 52,644 54,570 65,805 74,579 87,740 109,140 131,610 149,158 223,737 263,220 298,316 372,895 447,474 745,790 894,948 1,118,685 1,491,580 2,237,370 and 4,474,740, with no remainder.

Since 4,474,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,474,740, 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).