Q: Is 8,473,860 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,473,860 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 8,473,860 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 90 179 180 263 358 526 537 716 789 895 1,052 1,074 1,315 1,578 1,611 1,790 2,148 2,367 2,630 2,685 3,156 3,222 3,580 3,945 4,734 5,260 5,370 6,444 7,890 8,055 9,468 10,740 11,835 15,780 16,110 23,670 32,220 47,077 47,340 94,154 141,231 188,308 235,385 282,462 423,693 470,770 564,924 706,155 847,386 941,540 1,412,310 1,694,772 2,118,465 2,824,620 4,236,930 and 8,473,860, with no remainder.

Since 8,473,860 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,473,860, 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).