Q: Is 4,782,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,782,240 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 4,782,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 27 30 32 36 40 41 45 48 54 60 72 80 81 82 90 96 108 120 123 135 144 160 162 164 180 205 216 240 243 246 270 288 324 328 360 369 405 410 432 480 486 492 540 615 648 656 720 729 738 810 820 864 972 984 1,080 1,107 1,215 1,230 1,296 1,312 1,440 1,458 1,476 1,620 1,640 1,845 1,944 1,968 2,160 2,214 2,430 2,460 2,592 2,916 2,952 3,240 3,280 3,321 3,645 3,690 3,888 3,936 4,320 4,428 4,860 4,920 5,535 5,832 5,904 6,480 6,560 6,642 7,290 7,380 7,776 8,856 9,720 9,840 9,963 11,070 11,664 11,808 12,960 13,284 14,580 14,760 16,605 17,712 19,440 19,680 19,926 22,140 23,328 26,568 29,160 29,520 29,889 33,210 35,424 38,880 39,852 44,280 49,815 53,136 58,320 59,040 59,778 66,420 79,704 88,560 99,630 106,272 116,640 119,556 132,840 149,445 159,408 177,120 199,260 239,112 265,680 298,890 318,816 398,520 478,224 531,360 597,780 797,040 956,448 1,195,560 1,594,080 2,391,120 and 4,782,240, with no remainder.

Since 4,782,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,782,240, 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).