Q: Is 4,888,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,888,440 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 4,888,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 37 40 45 60 72 74 90 111 120 148 180 185 222 296 333 360 367 370 444 555 666 734 740 888 1,101 1,110 1,332 1,468 1,480 1,665 1,835 2,202 2,220 2,664 2,936 3,303 3,330 3,670 4,404 4,440 5,505 6,606 6,660 7,340 8,808 11,010 13,212 13,320 13,579 14,680 16,515 22,020 26,424 27,158 33,030 40,737 44,040 54,316 66,060 67,895 81,474 108,632 122,211 132,120 135,790 162,948 203,685 244,422 271,580 325,896 407,370 488,844 543,160 611,055 814,740 977,688 1,222,110 1,629,480 2,444,220 and 4,888,440, with no remainder.

Since 4,888,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,888,440, 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).