Q: Is 4,576,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,576,440 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 4,576,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 55 60 66 88 110 120 132 165 220 264 330 440 660 1,320 3,467 6,934 10,401 13,868 17,335 20,802 27,736 34,670 38,137 41,604 52,005 69,340 76,274 83,208 104,010 114,411 138,680 152,548 190,685 208,020 228,822 305,096 381,370 416,040 457,644 572,055 762,740 915,288 1,144,110 1,525,480 2,288,220 and 4,576,440, with no remainder.

Since 4,576,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,576,440, 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).