Q: Is 8,296,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,296,960 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 8,296,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 32 35 40 56 64 70 80 112 128 140 160 224 256 280 320 448 463 512 560 640 896 926 1,120 1,280 1,792 1,852 2,240 2,315 2,560 3,241 3,584 3,704 4,480 4,630 6,482 7,408 8,960 9,260 12,964 14,816 16,205 17,920 18,520 25,928 29,632 32,410 37,040 51,856 59,264 64,820 74,080 103,712 118,528 129,640 148,160 207,424 237,056 259,280 296,320 414,848 518,560 592,640 829,696 1,037,120 1,185,280 1,659,392 2,074,240 4,148,480 and 8,296,960, with no remainder.

Since 8,296,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,296,960, 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).