Q: Is 8,492,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,492,760 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 8,492,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 31 36 40 45 60 62 72 90 93 120 124 155 180 186 248 279 310 360 372 465 558 620 744 761 930 1,116 1,240 1,395 1,522 1,860 2,232 2,283 2,790 3,044 3,720 3,805 4,566 5,580 6,088 6,849 7,610 9,132 11,160 11,415 13,698 15,220 18,264 22,830 23,591 27,396 30,440 34,245 45,660 47,182 54,792 68,490 70,773 91,320 94,364 117,955 136,980 141,546 188,728 212,319 235,910 273,960 283,092 353,865 424,638 471,820 566,184 707,730 849,276 943,640 1,061,595 1,415,460 1,698,552 2,123,190 2,830,920 4,246,380 and 8,492,760, with no remainder.

Since 8,492,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,492,760, 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).