Q: Is 8,427,690 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,427,690 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 8,427,690 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 29 30 45 58 87 90 145 174 261 290 435 522 870 1,305 2,610 3,229 6,458 9,687 16,145 19,374 29,061 32,290 48,435 58,122 93,641 96,870 145,305 187,282 280,923 290,610 468,205 561,846 842,769 936,410 1,404,615 1,685,538 2,809,230 4,213,845 and 8,427,690, with no remainder.

Since 8,427,690 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,427,690, 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).