Q: Is 8,468,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,468,720 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 8,468,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 17 20 26 34 40 52 65 68 80 85 104 130 136 170 208 221 260 272 340 442 479 520 680 884 958 1,040 1,105 1,360 1,768 1,916 2,210 2,395 3,536 3,832 4,420 4,790 6,227 7,664 8,143 8,840 9,580 12,454 16,286 17,680 19,160 24,908 31,135 32,572 38,320 40,715 49,816 62,270 65,144 81,430 99,632 105,859 124,540 130,288 162,860 211,718 249,080 325,720 423,436 498,160 529,295 651,440 846,872 1,058,590 1,693,744 2,117,180 4,234,360 and 8,468,720, with no remainder.

Since 8,468,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,468,720, 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).