Q: Is 4,492,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,492,880 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 4,492,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 40 56 70 71 80 112 113 140 142 226 280 284 355 452 497 560 565 568 710 791 904 994 1,130 1,136 1,420 1,582 1,808 1,988 2,260 2,485 2,840 3,164 3,955 3,976 4,520 4,970 5,680 6,328 7,910 7,952 8,023 9,040 9,940 12,656 15,820 16,046 19,880 31,640 32,092 39,760 40,115 56,161 63,280 64,184 80,230 112,322 128,368 160,460 224,644 280,805 320,920 449,288 561,610 641,840 898,576 1,123,220 2,246,440 and 4,492,880, with no remainder.

Since 4,492,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,492,880, 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).