Q: Is 4,487,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,487,880 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 4,487,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 149 251 298 447 502 596 745 753 894 1,004 1,192 1,255 1,490 1,506 1,788 2,008 2,235 2,510 2,980 3,012 3,576 3,765 4,470 5,020 5,960 6,024 7,530 8,940 10,040 15,060 17,880 30,120 37,399 74,798 112,197 149,596 186,995 224,394 299,192 373,990 448,788 560,985 747,980 897,576 1,121,970 1,495,960 2,243,940 and 4,487,880, with no remainder.

Since 4,487,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,487,880, 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).