Q: Is 4,747,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,747,440 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 4,747,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 120 131 151 240 262 302 393 453 524 604 655 755 786 906 1,048 1,208 1,310 1,510 1,572 1,812 1,965 2,096 2,265 2,416 2,620 3,020 3,144 3,624 3,930 4,530 5,240 6,040 6,288 7,248 7,860 9,060 10,480 12,080 15,720 18,120 19,781 31,440 36,240 39,562 59,343 79,124 98,905 118,686 158,248 197,810 237,372 296,715 316,496 395,620 474,744 593,430 791,240 949,488 1,186,860 1,582,480 2,373,720 and 4,747,440, with no remainder.

Since 4,747,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,747,440, 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).