Q: Is 8,346,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,346,120 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 8,346,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 157 314 443 471 628 785 886 942 1,256 1,329 1,570 1,772 1,884 2,215 2,355 2,658 3,140 3,544 3,768 4,430 4,710 5,316 6,280 6,645 8,860 9,420 10,632 13,290 17,720 18,840 26,580 53,160 69,551 139,102 208,653 278,204 347,755 417,306 556,408 695,510 834,612 1,043,265 1,391,020 1,669,224 2,086,530 2,782,040 4,173,060 and 8,346,120, with no remainder.

Since 8,346,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,346,120, 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).