Q: Is 4,632,870 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,632,870 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 4,632,870 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 22 30 33 55 66 101 110 139 165 202 278 303 330 417 505 606 695 834 1,010 1,111 1,390 1,515 1,529 2,085 2,222 3,030 3,058 3,333 4,170 4,587 5,555 6,666 7,645 9,174 11,110 14,039 15,290 16,665 22,935 28,078 33,330 42,117 45,870 70,195 84,234 140,390 154,429 210,585 308,858 421,170 463,287 772,145 926,574 1,544,290 2,316,435 and 4,632,870, with no remainder.

Since 4,632,870 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,632,870, 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).