Q: Is 8,423,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,423,480 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 8,423,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 26 40 52 65 97 104 130 167 194 260 334 388 485 520 668 776 835 970 1,261 1,336 1,670 1,940 2,171 2,522 3,340 3,880 4,342 5,044 6,305 6,680 8,684 10,088 10,855 12,610 16,199 17,368 21,710 25,220 32,398 43,420 50,440 64,796 80,995 86,840 129,592 161,990 210,587 323,980 421,174 647,960 842,348 1,052,935 1,684,696 2,105,870 4,211,740 and 8,423,480, with no remainder.

Since 8,423,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,423,480, 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).