Q: Is 8,365,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,365,440 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 8,365,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 128 160 192 240 320 384 480 640 960 1,920 4,357 8,714 13,071 17,428 21,785 26,142 34,856 43,570 52,284 65,355 69,712 87,140 104,568 130,710 139,424 174,280 209,136 261,420 278,848 348,560 418,272 522,840 557,696 697,120 836,544 1,045,680 1,394,240 1,673,088 2,091,360 2,788,480 4,182,720 and 8,365,440, with no remainder.

Since 8,365,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,365,440, 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).