Q: Is 4,734,780 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,734,780 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 4,734,780 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 23 30 46 47 60 69 73 92 94 115 138 141 146 188 219 230 235 276 282 292 345 365 438 460 470 564 690 705 730 876 940 1,081 1,095 1,380 1,410 1,460 1,679 2,162 2,190 2,820 3,243 3,358 3,431 4,324 4,380 5,037 5,405 6,486 6,716 6,862 8,395 10,074 10,293 10,810 12,972 13,724 16,215 16,790 17,155 20,148 20,586 21,620 25,185 32,430 33,580 34,310 41,172 50,370 51,465 64,860 68,620 78,913 100,740 102,930 157,826 205,860 236,739 315,652 394,565 473,478 789,130 946,956 1,183,695 1,578,260 2,367,390 and 4,734,780, with no remainder.

Since 4,734,780 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,734,780, 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).