Q: Is 4,780,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,780,740 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 4,780,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 17 20 30 34 43 51 60 68 85 86 102 109 129 170 172 204 215 218 255 258 327 340 430 436 510 516 545 645 654 731 860 1,020 1,090 1,290 1,308 1,462 1,635 1,853 2,180 2,193 2,580 2,924 3,270 3,655 3,706 4,386 4,687 5,559 6,540 7,310 7,412 8,772 9,265 9,374 10,965 11,118 14,061 14,620 18,530 18,748 21,930 22,236 23,435 27,795 28,122 37,060 43,860 46,870 55,590 56,244 70,305 79,679 93,740 111,180 140,610 159,358 239,037 281,220 318,716 398,395 478,074 796,790 956,148 1,195,185 1,593,580 2,390,370 and 4,780,740, with no remainder.

Since 4,780,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,780,740, 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).