Q: Is 4,917,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,917,440 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 4,917,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 32 40 44 55 64 80 88 110 121 127 160 176 220 242 254 320 352 440 484 508 605 635 704 880 968 1,016 1,210 1,270 1,397 1,760 1,936 2,032 2,420 2,540 2,794 3,520 3,872 4,064 4,840 5,080 5,588 6,985 7,744 8,128 9,680 10,160 11,176 13,970 15,367 19,360 20,320 22,352 27,940 30,734 38,720 40,640 44,704 55,880 61,468 76,835 89,408 111,760 122,936 153,670 223,520 245,872 307,340 447,040 491,744 614,680 983,488 1,229,360 2,458,720 and 4,917,440, with no remainder.

Since 4,917,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,917,440, 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).