Q: Is 4,944,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,944,720 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 4,944,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 16 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 48 55 60 66 80 88 110 120 132 165 176 220 240 264 330 440 528 660 880 1,320 1,873 2,640 3,746 5,619 7,492 9,365 11,238 14,984 18,730 20,603 22,476 28,095 29,968 37,460 41,206 44,952 56,190 61,809 74,920 82,412 89,904 103,015 112,380 123,618 149,840 164,824 206,030 224,760 247,236 309,045 329,648 412,060 449,520 494,472 618,090 824,120 988,944 1,236,180 1,648,240 2,472,360 and 4,944,720, with no remainder.

Since 4,944,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,944,720, 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).