Q: Is 4,894,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,894,240 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 4,894,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 32 40 52 65 80 104 130 160 169 181 208 260 338 362 416 520 676 724 845 905 1,040 1,352 1,448 1,690 1,810 2,080 2,353 2,704 2,896 3,380 3,620 4,706 5,408 5,792 6,760 7,240 9,412 11,765 13,520 14,480 18,824 23,530 27,040 28,960 30,589 37,648 47,060 61,178 75,296 94,120 122,356 152,945 188,240 244,712 305,890 376,480 489,424 611,780 978,848 1,223,560 2,447,120 and 4,894,240, with no remainder.

Since 4,894,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,894,240, 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).