A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.
The number 8517240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 59 60 72 90 118 120 177 180 236 295 354 360 401 472 531 590 708 802 885 1,062 1,180 1,203 1,416 1,604 1,770 2,005 2,124 2,360 2,406 2,655 3,208 3,540 3,609 4,010 4,248 4,812 5,310 6,015 7,080 7,218 8,020 9,624 10,620 12,030 14,436 16,040 18,045 21,240 23,659 24,060 28,872 36,090 47,318 48,120 70,977 72,180 94,636 118,295 141,954 144,360 189,272 212,931 236,590 283,908 354,885 425,862 473,180 567,816 709,770 851,724 946,360 1,064,655 1,419,540 1,703,448 2,129,310 2,839,080 4,258,620 and 8,517,240, with no remainder.
Since 8,517,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,517,240, it is not a prime number.