Q: Is 8,500,140 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,500,140 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 8,500,140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 27 30 33 36 44 45 53 54 55 60 66 81 90 99 106 108 110 132 135 159 162 165 180 198 212 220 243 265 270 297 318 324 330 396 405 477 486 495 530 540 583 594 636 660 729 795 810 891 954 972 990 1,060 1,166 1,188 1,215 1,431 1,458 1,485 1,590 1,620 1,749 1,782 1,908 1,980 2,332 2,385 2,430 2,673 2,862 2,915 2,916 2,970 3,180 3,498 3,564 3,645 4,293 4,455 4,770 4,860 5,247 5,346 5,724 5,830 5,940 6,996 7,155 7,290 8,019 8,586 8,745 8,910 9,540 10,494 10,692 11,660 12,879 13,365 14,310 14,580 15,741 16,038 17,172 17,490 17,820 20,988 21,465 25,758 26,235 26,730 28,620 31,482 32,076 34,980 38,637 40,095 42,930 47,223 51,516 52,470 53,460 62,964 64,395 77,274 78,705 80,190 85,860 94,446 104,940 128,790 141,669 154,548 157,410 160,380 188,892 193,185 236,115 257,580 283,338 314,820 386,370 425,007 472,230 566,676 708,345 772,740 850,014 944,460 1,416,690 1,700,028 2,125,035 2,833,380 4,250,070 and 8,500,140, with no remainder.

Since 8,500,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,500,140, 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).