Q: Is 4,837,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,837,840 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 4,837,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 40 53 56 70 80 106 112 140 163 212 265 280 326 371 424 530 560 652 742 815 848 1,060 1,141 1,304 1,484 1,630 1,855 2,120 2,282 2,608 2,968 3,260 3,710 4,240 4,564 5,705 5,936 6,520 7,420 8,639 9,128 11,410 13,040 14,840 17,278 18,256 22,820 29,680 34,556 43,195 45,640 60,473 69,112 86,390 91,280 120,946 138,224 172,780 241,892 302,365 345,560 483,784 604,730 691,120 967,568 1,209,460 2,418,920 and 4,837,840, with no remainder.

Since 4,837,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,837,840, 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).