Q: Is 8,483,860 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,483,860 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 8,483,860 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 44 49 55 70 77 98 110 140 154 196 220 245 308 385 490 539 770 787 980 1,078 1,540 1,574 2,156 2,695 3,148 3,935 5,390 5,509 7,870 8,657 10,780 11,018 15,740 17,314 22,036 27,545 34,628 38,563 43,285 55,090 60,599 77,126 86,570 110,180 121,198 154,252 173,140 192,815 242,396 302,995 385,630 424,193 605,990 771,260 848,386 1,211,980 1,696,772 2,120,965 4,241,930 and 8,483,860, with no remainder.

Since 8,483,860 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,483,860, 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).