Q: Is 4,784,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,784,340 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 4,784,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 30 33 44 55 60 66 110 121 132 165 220 242 330 363 484 605 659 660 726 1,210 1,318 1,452 1,815 1,977 2,420 2,636 3,295 3,630 3,954 6,590 7,249 7,260 7,908 9,885 13,180 14,498 19,770 21,747 28,996 36,245 39,540 43,494 72,490 79,739 86,988 108,735 144,980 159,478 217,470 239,217 318,956 398,695 434,940 478,434 797,390 956,868 1,196,085 1,594,780 2,392,170 and 4,784,340, with no remainder.

Since 4,784,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,784,340, 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).