Q: Is 4,493,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,493,720 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 4,493,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 88 110 140 154 220 280 308 385 440 616 770 1,459 1,540 2,918 3,080 5,836 7,295 10,213 11,672 14,590 16,049 20,426 29,180 32,098 40,852 51,065 58,360 64,196 80,245 81,704 102,130 112,343 128,392 160,490 204,260 224,686 320,980 408,520 449,372 561,715 641,960 898,744 1,123,430 2,246,860 and 4,493,720, with no remainder.

Since 4,493,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,493,720, 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).