Q: Is 4,537,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,537,440 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 4,537,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 23 24 30 32 36 40 45 46 48 60 69 72 80 90 92 96 115 120 137 138 144 160 180 184 207 230 240 274 276 288 345 360 368 411 414 460 480 548 552 685 690 720 736 822 828 920 1,035 1,096 1,104 1,233 1,370 1,380 1,440 1,644 1,656 1,840 2,055 2,070 2,192 2,208 2,466 2,740 2,760 3,151 3,288 3,312 3,680 4,110 4,140 4,384 4,932 5,480 5,520 6,165 6,302 6,576 6,624 8,220 8,280 9,453 9,864 10,960 11,040 12,330 12,604 13,152 15,755 16,440 16,560 18,906 19,728 21,920 24,660 25,208 28,359 31,510 32,880 33,120 37,812 39,456 47,265 49,320 50,416 56,718 63,020 65,760 75,624 94,530 98,640 100,832 113,436 126,040 141,795 151,248 189,060 197,280 226,872 252,080 283,590 302,496 378,120 453,744 504,160 567,180 756,240 907,488 1,134,360 1,512,480 2,268,720 and 4,537,440, with no remainder.

Since 4,537,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,537,440, 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).