Q: Is 4,777,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,777,440 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 4,777,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 37 40 48 60 74 80 96 111 120 148 160 185 222 240 269 296 370 444 480 538 555 592 740 807 888 1,076 1,110 1,184 1,345 1,480 1,614 1,776 2,152 2,220 2,690 2,960 3,228 3,552 4,035 4,304 4,440 5,380 5,920 6,456 8,070 8,608 8,880 9,953 10,760 12,912 16,140 17,760 19,906 21,520 25,824 29,859 32,280 39,812 43,040 49,765 59,718 64,560 79,624 99,530 119,436 129,120 149,295 159,248 199,060 238,872 298,590 318,496 398,120 477,744 597,180 796,240 955,488 1,194,360 1,592,480 2,388,720 and 4,777,440, with no remainder.

Since 4,777,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,777,440, 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).