Q: Is 4,963,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,963,640 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 4,963,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 29 40 44 55 58 88 110 116 145 220 232 290 319 389 440 580 638 778 1,160 1,276 1,556 1,595 1,945 2,552 3,112 3,190 3,890 4,279 6,380 7,780 8,558 11,281 12,760 15,560 17,116 21,395 22,562 34,232 42,790 45,124 56,405 85,580 90,248 112,810 124,091 171,160 225,620 248,182 451,240 496,364 620,455 992,728 1,240,910 2,481,820 and 4,963,640, with no remainder.

Since 4,963,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,963,640, 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).