Q: Is 8,464,170 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,464,170 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 8,464,170 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 13 15 22 26 30 33 39 55 65 66 78 110 130 143 165 195 286 330 390 429 715 858 1,430 1,973 2,145 3,946 4,290 5,919 9,865 11,838 19,730 21,703 25,649 29,595 43,406 51,298 59,190 65,109 76,947 108,515 128,245 130,218 153,894 217,030 256,490 282,139 325,545 384,735 564,278 651,090 769,470 846,417 1,410,695 1,692,834 2,821,390 4,232,085 and 8,464,170, with no remainder.

Since 8,464,170 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,464,170, 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).