Q: Is 4,489,870 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,489,870 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 4,489,870 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 7 10 11 14 17 22 34 35 49 55 70 77 85 98 110 119 154 170 187 238 245 343 374 385 490 539 595 686 770 833 935 1,078 1,190 1,309 1,666 1,715 1,870 2,401 2,618 2,695 3,430 3,773 4,165 4,802 5,390 5,831 6,545 7,546 8,330 9,163 11,662 12,005 13,090 18,326 18,865 24,010 26,411 29,155 37,730 40,817 45,815 52,822 58,310 64,141 81,634 91,630 128,282 132,055 204,085 264,110 320,705 408,170 448,987 641,410 897,974 2,244,935 and 4,489,870, with no remainder.

Since 4,489,870 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,489,870, 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).