Q: Is 4,778,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,778,340 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 4,778,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 30 31 35 42 60 62 70 84 93 105 124 140 155 186 210 217 310 367 372 420 434 465 620 651 734 868 930 1,085 1,101 1,302 1,468 1,835 1,860 2,170 2,202 2,569 2,604 3,255 3,670 4,340 4,404 5,138 5,505 6,510 7,340 7,707 10,276 11,010 11,377 12,845 13,020 15,414 22,020 22,754 25,690 30,828 34,131 38,535 45,508 51,380 56,885 68,262 77,070 79,639 113,770 136,524 154,140 159,278 170,655 227,540 238,917 318,556 341,310 398,195 477,834 682,620 796,390 955,668 1,194,585 1,592,780 2,389,170 and 4,778,340, with no remainder.

Since 4,778,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,778,340, 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).