Q: Is 8,163,830 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,163,830 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 8,163,830 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 59 101 118 137 202 274 295 505 590 685 1,010 1,370 5,959 8,083 11,918 13,837 16,166 27,674 29,795 40,415 59,590 69,185 80,830 138,370 816,383 1,632,766 4,081,915 and 8,163,830, with no remainder.

Since 8,163,830 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,163,830, 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).