Q: Is 8,272,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,272,320 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 8,272,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 32 35 40 42 48 56 60 64 70 80 84 96 105 112 120 140 160 168 192 210 224 240 280 320 336 420 448 480 560 672 840 960 1,120 1,231 1,344 1,680 2,240 2,462 3,360 3,693 4,924 6,155 6,720 7,386 8,617 9,848 12,310 14,772 17,234 18,465 19,696 24,620 25,851 29,544 34,468 36,930 39,392 43,085 49,240 51,702 59,088 68,936 73,860 78,784 86,170 98,480 103,404 118,176 129,255 137,872 147,720 172,340 196,960 206,808 236,352 258,510 275,744 295,440 344,680 393,920 413,616 517,020 551,488 590,880 689,360 827,232 1,034,040 1,181,760 1,378,720 1,654,464 2,068,080 2,757,440 4,136,160 and 8,272,320, with no remainder.

Since 8,272,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,272,320, 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).