Q: Is 4,759,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,759,040 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 4,759,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 13 16 20 22 26 32 40 44 52 55 64 65 80 88 104 110 128 130 143 160 169 176 208 220 256 260 286 320 338 352 416 440 512 520 572 640 676 704 715 832 845 880 1,040 1,144 1,280 1,352 1,408 1,430 1,664 1,690 1,760 1,859 2,080 2,288 2,560 2,704 2,816 2,860 3,328 3,380 3,520 3,718 4,160 4,576 5,408 5,632 5,720 6,656 6,760 7,040 7,436 8,320 9,152 9,295 10,816 11,440 13,520 14,080 14,872 16,640 18,304 18,590 21,632 22,880 27,040 28,160 29,744 33,280 36,608 37,180 43,264 45,760 54,080 59,488 73,216 74,360 86,528 91,520 108,160 118,976 148,720 183,040 216,320 237,952 297,440 366,080 432,640 475,904 594,880 951,808 1,189,760 2,379,520 and 4,759,040, with no remainder.

Since 4,759,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,759,040, 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).