Q: Is 4,846,140 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,846,140 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 4,846,140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 13 15 18 19 20 26 30 36 38 39 45 52 57 60 65 76 78 90 95 109 114 117 130 156 171 180 190 195 218 228 234 247 260 285 327 342 380 390 436 468 494 545 570 585 654 684 741 780 855 981 988 1,090 1,140 1,170 1,235 1,308 1,417 1,482 1,635 1,710 1,962 2,071 2,180 2,223 2,340 2,470 2,834 2,964 3,270 3,420 3,705 3,924 4,142 4,251 4,446 4,905 4,940 5,668 6,213 6,540 7,085 7,410 8,284 8,502 8,892 9,810 10,355 11,115 12,426 12,753 14,170 14,820 17,004 18,639 19,620 20,710 21,255 22,230 24,852 25,506 26,923 28,340 31,065 37,278 41,420 42,510 44,460 51,012 53,846 62,130 63,765 74,556 80,769 85,020 93,195 107,692 124,260 127,530 134,615 161,538 186,390 242,307 255,060 269,230 323,076 372,780 403,845 484,614 538,460 807,690 969,228 1,211,535 1,615,380 2,423,070 and 4,846,140, with no remainder.

Since 4,846,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,846,140, 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).