Q: Is 8,227,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,227,200 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 8,227,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 64 75 80 96 100 120 128 150 160 192 200 240 300 320 384 400 480 600 640 800 857 960 1,200 1,600 1,714 1,920 2,400 2,571 3,200 3,428 4,285 4,800 5,142 6,856 8,570 9,600 10,284 12,855 13,712 17,140 20,568 21,425 25,710 27,424 34,280 41,136 42,850 51,420 54,848 64,275 68,560 82,272 85,700 102,840 109,696 128,550 137,120 164,544 171,400 205,680 257,100 274,240 329,088 342,800 411,360 514,200 548,480 685,600 822,720 1,028,400 1,371,200 1,645,440 2,056,800 2,742,400 4,113,600 and 8,227,200, with no remainder.

Since 8,227,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,227,200, 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).