Q: Is 4,480,938 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,480,938 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 4,480,938 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 33 42 53 61 63 66 77 99 106 122 126 154 159 183 198 231 318 366 371 427 462 477 549 583 671 693 742 854 954 1,098 1,113 1,166 1,281 1,342 1,386 1,749 2,013 2,226 2,562 3,233 3,339 3,498 3,843 4,026 4,081 4,697 5,247 6,039 6,466 6,678 7,686 8,162 9,394 9,699 10,494 12,078 12,243 14,091 19,398 22,631 24,486 28,182 29,097 35,563 36,729 42,273 45,262 58,194 67,893 71,126 73,458 84,546 106,689 135,786 203,679 213,378 248,941 320,067 407,358 497,882 640,134 746,823 1,493,646 2,240,469 and 4,480,938, with no remainder.

Since 4,480,938 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,480,938, 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).