Q: Is 4,956,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,956,960 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 4,956,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 23 24 30 32 40 46 48 60 69 80 92 96 115 120 138 160 184 230 240 276 345 368 449 460 480 552 690 736 898 920 1,104 1,347 1,380 1,796 1,840 2,208 2,245 2,694 2,760 3,592 3,680 4,490 5,388 5,520 6,735 7,184 8,980 10,327 10,776 11,040 13,470 14,368 17,960 20,654 21,552 26,940 30,981 35,920 41,308 43,104 51,635 53,880 61,962 71,840 82,616 103,270 107,760 123,924 154,905 165,232 206,540 215,520 247,848 309,810 330,464 413,080 495,696 619,620 826,160 991,392 1,239,240 1,652,320 2,478,480 and 4,956,960, with no remainder.

Since 4,956,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,956,960, 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).