Q: Is 8,275,770 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,275,770 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 8,275,770 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 17 18 27 30 34 45 51 54 81 85 90 102 135 153 162 170 255 270 306 405 459 510 601 765 810 918 1,202 1,377 1,530 1,803 2,295 2,754 3,005 3,606 4,590 5,409 6,010 6,885 9,015 10,217 10,818 13,770 16,227 18,030 20,434 27,045 30,651 32,454 48,681 51,085 54,090 61,302 81,135 91,953 97,362 102,170 153,255 162,270 183,906 243,405 275,859 306,510 459,765 486,810 551,718 827,577 919,530 1,379,295 1,655,154 2,758,590 4,137,885 and 8,275,770, with no remainder.

Since 8,275,770 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,275,770, 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).