Q: Is 8,207,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,207,520 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 8,207,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 80 96 120 160 240 480 17,099 34,198 51,297 68,396 85,495 102,594 136,792 170,990 205,188 256,485 273,584 341,980 410,376 512,970 547,168 683,960 820,752 1,025,940 1,367,920 1,641,504 2,051,880 2,735,840 4,103,760 and 8,207,520, with no remainder.

Since 8,207,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,207,520, 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).