Q: Is 8,148,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,148,720 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 8,148,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 38 40 48 57 60 76 80 95 114 120 152 190 228 240 285 304 380 456 570 760 912 1,140 1,520 1,787 2,280 3,574 4,560 5,361 7,148 8,935 10,722 14,296 17,870 21,444 26,805 28,592 33,953 35,740 42,888 53,610 67,906 71,480 85,776 101,859 107,220 135,812 142,960 169,765 203,718 214,440 271,624 339,530 407,436 428,880 509,295 543,248 679,060 814,872 1,018,590 1,358,120 1,629,744 2,037,180 2,716,240 4,074,360 and 8,148,720, with no remainder.

Since 8,148,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,148,720, 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).