Q: Is 4,566,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,566,480 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 4,566,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 53 60 80 106 120 159 212 240 265 318 359 424 530 636 718 795 848 1,060 1,077 1,272 1,436 1,590 1,795 2,120 2,154 2,544 2,872 3,180 3,590 4,240 4,308 5,385 5,744 6,360 7,180 8,616 10,770 12,720 14,360 17,232 19,027 21,540 28,720 38,054 43,080 57,081 76,108 86,160 95,135 114,162 152,216 190,270 228,324 285,405 304,432 380,540 456,648 570,810 761,080 913,296 1,141,620 1,522,160 2,283,240 and 4,566,480, with no remainder.

Since 4,566,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,566,480, 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).