Q: Is 4,874,070 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,874,070 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 4,874,070 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 17 19 30 34 38 51 57 85 95 102 114 170 190 255 285 323 503 510 570 646 969 1,006 1,509 1,615 1,938 2,515 3,018 3,230 4,845 5,030 7,545 8,551 9,557 9,690 15,090 17,102 19,114 25,653 28,671 42,755 47,785 51,306 57,342 85,510 95,570 128,265 143,355 162,469 256,530 286,710 324,938 487,407 812,345 974,814 1,624,690 2,437,035 and 4,874,070, with no remainder.

Since 4,874,070 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,874,070, 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).