Q: Is 8,517,360 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,517,360 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 8,517,360 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 23 24 30 40 46 48 60 69 80 92 115 120 138 184 230 240 276 345 368 460 552 690 920 1,104 1,380 1,543 1,840 2,760 3,086 4,629 5,520 6,172 7,715 9,258 12,344 15,430 18,516 23,145 24,688 30,860 35,489 37,032 46,290 61,720 70,978 74,064 92,580 106,467 123,440 141,956 177,445 185,160 212,934 283,912 354,890 370,320 425,868 532,335 567,824 709,780 851,736 1,064,670 1,419,560 1,703,472 2,129,340 2,839,120 4,258,680 and 8,517,360, with no remainder.

Since 8,517,360 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,517,360, 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).