Q: Is 4,894,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,894,740 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 4,894,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 71 90 142 180 213 284 355 383 426 639 710 766 852 1,065 1,149 1,278 1,420 1,532 1,915 2,130 2,298 2,556 3,195 3,447 3,830 4,260 4,596 5,745 6,390 6,894 7,660 11,490 12,780 13,788 17,235 22,980 27,193 34,470 54,386 68,940 81,579 108,772 135,965 163,158 244,737 271,930 326,316 407,895 489,474 543,860 815,790 978,948 1,223,685 1,631,580 2,447,370 and 4,894,740, with no remainder.

Since 4,894,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,894,740, 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).