Q: Is 8,450,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,450,040 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 8,450,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 67 120 134 201 268 335 402 536 670 804 1,005 1,051 1,340 1,608 2,010 2,102 2,680 3,153 4,020 4,204 5,255 6,306 8,040 8,408 10,510 12,612 15,765 21,020 25,224 31,530 42,040 63,060 70,417 126,120 140,834 211,251 281,668 352,085 422,502 563,336 704,170 845,004 1,056,255 1,408,340 1,690,008 2,112,510 2,816,680 4,225,020 and 8,450,040, with no remainder.

Since 8,450,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,450,040, 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).