Q: Is 8,355,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,355,540 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 8,355,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 60 157 314 471 628 785 887 942 1,570 1,774 1,884 2,355 2,661 3,140 3,548 4,435 4,710 5,322 8,870 9,420 10,644 13,305 17,740 26,610 53,220 139,259 278,518 417,777 557,036 696,295 835,554 1,392,590 1,671,108 2,088,885 2,785,180 4,177,770 and 8,355,540, with no remainder.

Since 8,355,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,355,540, 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).