Q: Is 8,503,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,503,880 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 8,503,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 88 110 121 140 154 220 242 251 280 308 385 440 484 502 605 616 770 847 968 1,004 1,210 1,255 1,540 1,694 1,757 2,008 2,420 2,510 2,761 3,080 3,388 3,514 4,235 4,840 5,020 5,522 6,776 7,028 8,470 8,785 10,040 11,044 13,805 14,056 16,940 17,570 19,327 22,088 27,610 30,371 33,880 35,140 38,654 55,220 60,742 70,280 77,308 96,635 110,440 121,484 151,855 154,616 193,270 212,597 242,968 303,710 386,540 425,194 607,420 773,080 850,388 1,062,985 1,214,840 1,700,776 2,125,970 4,251,940 and 8,503,880, with no remainder.

Since 8,503,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,503,880, 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).