Q: Is 4,772,820 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,772,820 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 4,772,820 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 13 15 20 26 29 30 39 52 58 60 65 78 87 116 130 145 156 174 195 211 260 290 348 377 390 422 435 580 633 754 780 844 870 1,055 1,131 1,266 1,508 1,740 1,885 2,110 2,262 2,532 2,743 3,165 3,770 4,220 4,524 5,486 5,655 6,119 6,330 7,540 8,229 10,972 11,310 12,238 12,660 13,715 16,458 18,357 22,620 24,476 27,430 30,595 32,916 36,714 41,145 54,860 61,190 73,428 79,547 82,290 91,785 122,380 159,094 164,580 183,570 238,641 318,188 367,140 397,735 477,282 795,470 954,564 1,193,205 1,590,940 2,386,410 and 4,772,820, with no remainder.

Since 4,772,820 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,772,820, 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).