Q: Is 4,743,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,743,540 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 4,743,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 19 20 30 36 38 45 57 60 73 76 90 95 114 146 171 180 190 219 228 285 292 342 361 365 380 438 570 657 684 722 730 855 876 1,083 1,095 1,140 1,314 1,387 1,444 1,460 1,710 1,805 2,166 2,190 2,628 2,774 3,249 3,285 3,420 3,610 4,161 4,332 4,380 5,415 5,548 6,498 6,570 6,935 7,220 8,322 10,830 12,483 12,996 13,140 13,870 16,245 16,644 20,805 21,660 24,966 26,353 27,740 32,490 41,610 49,932 52,706 62,415 64,980 79,059 83,220 105,412 124,830 131,765 158,118 237,177 249,660 263,530 316,236 395,295 474,354 527,060 790,590 948,708 1,185,885 1,581,180 2,371,770 and 4,743,540, with no remainder.

Since 4,743,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,743,540, 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).