Q: Is 8,463,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,463,560 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 8,463,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 56 70 140 167 181 280 334 362 668 724 835 905 1,169 1,267 1,336 1,448 1,670 1,810 2,338 2,534 3,340 3,620 4,676 5,068 5,845 6,335 6,680 7,240 9,352 10,136 11,690 12,670 23,380 25,340 30,227 46,760 50,680 60,454 120,908 151,135 211,589 241,816 302,270 423,178 604,540 846,356 1,057,945 1,209,080 1,692,712 2,115,890 4,231,780 and 8,463,560, with no remainder.

Since 8,463,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,463,560, 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).