Q: Is 4,673,460 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,673,460 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 4,673,460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 30 33 44 55 60 66 73 97 110 132 146 165 194 219 220 291 292 330 365 388 438 485 582 660 730 803 876 970 1,067 1,095 1,164 1,455 1,460 1,606 1,940 2,134 2,190 2,409 2,910 3,201 3,212 4,015 4,268 4,380 4,818 5,335 5,820 6,402 7,081 8,030 9,636 10,670 12,045 12,804 14,162 16,005 16,060 21,243 21,340 24,090 28,324 32,010 35,405 42,486 48,180 64,020 70,810 77,891 84,972 106,215 141,620 155,782 212,430 233,673 311,564 389,455 424,860 467,346 778,910 934,692 1,168,365 1,557,820 2,336,730 and 4,673,460, with no remainder.

Since 4,673,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,673,460, 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).