Q: Is 8,471,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,471,120 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 8,471,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 40 49 56 70 80 98 112 140 196 245 280 392 490 560 784 980 1,960 2,161 3,920 4,322 8,644 10,805 15,127 17,288 21,610 30,254 34,576 43,220 60,508 75,635 86,440 105,889 121,016 151,270 172,880 211,778 242,032 302,540 423,556 529,445 605,080 847,112 1,058,890 1,210,160 1,694,224 2,117,780 4,235,560 and 8,471,120, with no remainder.

Since 8,471,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,471,120, 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).