Q: Is 4,763,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,763,760 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 4,763,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 23 24 30 40 46 48 60 69 80 92 115 120 138 184 230 240 276 345 368 460 552 690 863 920 1,104 1,380 1,726 1,840 2,589 2,760 3,452 4,315 5,178 5,520 6,904 8,630 10,356 12,945 13,808 17,260 19,849 20,712 25,890 34,520 39,698 41,424 51,780 59,547 69,040 79,396 99,245 103,560 119,094 158,792 198,490 207,120 238,188 297,735 317,584 396,980 476,376 595,470 793,960 952,752 1,190,940 1,587,920 2,381,880 and 4,763,760, with no remainder.

Since 4,763,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,763,760, 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).