Q: Is 4,822,470 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,822,470 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 4,822,470 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 27 30 45 53 54 90 106 135 159 265 270 318 337 477 530 674 795 954 1,011 1,431 1,590 1,685 2,022 2,385 2,862 3,033 3,370 4,770 5,055 6,066 7,155 9,099 10,110 14,310 15,165 17,861 18,198 30,330 35,722 45,495 53,583 89,305 90,990 107,166 160,749 178,610 267,915 321,498 482,247 535,830 803,745 964,494 1,607,490 2,411,235 and 4,822,470, with no remainder.

Since 4,822,470 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,822,470, 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).