Q: Is 4,590,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,590,740 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 4,590,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 44 55 70 77 110 121 140 154 220 242 271 308 385 484 542 605 770 847 1,084 1,210 1,355 1,540 1,694 1,897 2,420 2,710 2,981 3,388 3,794 4,235 5,420 5,962 7,588 8,470 9,485 11,924 14,905 16,940 18,970 20,867 29,810 32,791 37,940 41,734 59,620 65,582 83,468 104,335 131,164 163,955 208,670 229,537 327,910 417,340 459,074 655,820 918,148 1,147,685 2,295,370 and 4,590,740, with no remainder.

Since 4,590,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,590,740, 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).