Q: Is 4,964,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 4,964,880 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 4,964,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 120 137 151 240 274 302 411 453 548 604 685 755 822 906 1,096 1,208 1,370 1,510 1,644 1,812 2,055 2,192 2,265 2,416 2,740 3,020 3,288 3,624 4,110 4,530 5,480 6,040 6,576 7,248 8,220 9,060 10,960 12,080 16,440 18,120 20,687 32,880 36,240 41,374 62,061 82,748 103,435 124,122 165,496 206,870 248,244 310,305 330,992 413,740 496,488 620,610 827,480 992,976 1,241,220 1,654,960 2,482,440 and 4,964,880, with no remainder.

Since 4,964,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 4,964,880, 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).