Q: Is 8,174,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,174,760 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 8,174,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 55 60 66 88 110 120 121 132 165 220 242 264 330 363 440 484 563 605 660 726 968 1,126 1,210 1,320 1,452 1,689 1,815 2,252 2,420 2,815 2,904 3,378 3,630 4,504 4,840 5,630 6,193 6,756 7,260 8,445 11,260 12,386 13,512 14,520 16,890 18,579 22,520 24,772 30,965 33,780 37,158 49,544 61,930 67,560 68,123 74,316 92,895 123,860 136,246 148,632 185,790 204,369 247,720 272,492 340,615 371,580 408,738 544,984 681,230 743,160 817,476 1,021,845 1,362,460 1,634,952 2,043,690 2,724,920 4,087,380 and 8,174,760, with no remainder.

Since 8,174,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,174,760, 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).