Q: Is 4,716,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,716,960 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 4,716,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 31 32 40 48 60 62 80 93 96 120 124 155 160 186 240 248 310 317 372 465 480 496 620 634 744 930 951 992 1,240 1,268 1,488 1,585 1,860 1,902 2,480 2,536 2,976 3,170 3,720 3,804 4,755 4,960 5,072 6,340 7,440 7,608 9,510 9,827 10,144 12,680 14,880 15,216 19,020 19,654 25,360 29,481 30,432 38,040 39,308 49,135 50,720 58,962 76,080 78,616 98,270 117,924 147,405 152,160 157,232 196,540 235,848 294,810 314,464 393,080 471,696 589,620 786,160 943,392 1,179,240 1,572,320 2,358,480 and 4,716,960, with no remainder.

Since 4,716,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,716,960, 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).