Q: Is 8,412,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,412,480 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 8,412,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 23 24 30 32 36 40 45 46 48 60 64 69 72 80 90 92 96 115 120 127 138 144 160 180 184 192 207 230 240 254 276 288 320 345 360 368 381 414 460 480 508 552 576 635 690 720 736 762 828 920 960 1,016 1,035 1,104 1,143 1,270 1,380 1,440 1,472 1,524 1,656 1,840 1,905 2,032 2,070 2,208 2,286 2,540 2,760 2,880 2,921 3,048 3,312 3,680 3,810 4,064 4,140 4,416 4,572 5,080 5,520 5,715 5,842 6,096 6,624 7,360 7,620 8,128 8,280 8,763 9,144 10,160 11,040 11,430 11,684 12,192 13,248 14,605 15,240 16,560 17,526 18,288 20,320 22,080 22,860 23,368 24,384 26,289 29,210 30,480 33,120 35,052 36,576 40,640 43,815 45,720 46,736 52,578 58,420 60,960 66,240 70,104 73,152 87,630 91,440 93,472 105,156 116,840 121,920 131,445 140,208 175,260 182,880 186,944 210,312 233,680 262,890 280,416 350,520 365,760 420,624 467,360 525,780 560,832 701,040 841,248 934,720 1,051,560 1,402,080 1,682,496 2,103,120 2,804,160 4,206,240 and 8,412,480, with no remainder.

Since 8,412,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,412,480, 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).