Q: Is 4,734,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,734,540 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 4,734,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 29 30 36 45 58 60 87 90 116 145 174 180 261 290 348 435 522 580 870 907 1,044 1,305 1,740 1,814 2,610 2,721 3,628 4,535 5,220 5,442 8,163 9,070 10,884 13,605 16,326 18,140 26,303 27,210 32,652 40,815 52,606 54,420 78,909 81,630 105,212 131,515 157,818 163,260 236,727 263,030 315,636 394,545 473,454 526,060 789,090 946,908 1,183,635 1,578,180 2,367,270 and 4,734,540, with no remainder.

Since 4,734,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,734,540, 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).