Q: Is 4,664,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,664,640 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 4,664,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 43 48 60 64 80 86 96 113 120 129 160 172 192 215 226 240 258 320 339 344 430 452 480 516 565 645 678 688 860 904 960 1,032 1,130 1,290 1,356 1,376 1,695 1,720 1,808 2,064 2,260 2,580 2,712 2,752 3,390 3,440 3,616 4,128 4,520 4,859 5,160 5,424 6,780 6,880 7,232 8,256 9,040 9,718 10,320 10,848 13,560 13,760 14,577 18,080 19,436 20,640 21,696 24,295 27,120 29,154 36,160 38,872 41,280 48,590 54,240 58,308 72,885 77,744 97,180 108,480 116,616 145,770 155,488 194,360 233,232 291,540 310,976 388,720 466,464 583,080 777,440 932,928 1,166,160 1,554,880 2,332,320 and 4,664,640, with no remainder.

Since 4,664,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,664,640, 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).