Q: Is 8,355,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,355,120 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 8,355,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 31 40 48 60 62 80 93 120 124 155 186 240 248 310 372 465 496 620 744 930 1,123 1,240 1,488 1,860 2,246 2,480 3,369 3,720 4,492 5,615 6,738 7,440 8,984 11,230 13,476 16,845 17,968 22,460 26,952 33,690 34,813 44,920 53,904 67,380 69,626 89,840 104,439 134,760 139,252 174,065 208,878 269,520 278,504 348,130 417,756 522,195 557,008 696,260 835,512 1,044,390 1,392,520 1,671,024 2,088,780 2,785,040 4,177,560 and 8,355,120, with no remainder.

Since 8,355,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,355,120, 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).