Q: Is 8,544,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,544,000 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 8,544,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 64 75 80 89 96 100 120 125 128 150 160 178 192 200 240 250 256 267 300 320 356 375 384 400 445 480 500 534 600 640 712 750 768 800 890 960 1,000 1,068 1,200 1,280 1,335 1,424 1,500 1,600 1,780 1,920 2,000 2,136 2,225 2,400 2,670 2,848 3,000 3,200 3,560 3,840 4,000 4,272 4,450 4,800 5,340 5,696 6,000 6,400 6,675 7,120 8,000 8,544 8,900 9,600 10,680 11,125 11,392 12,000 13,350 14,240 16,000 17,088 17,800 19,200 21,360 22,250 22,784 24,000 26,700 28,480 32,000 33,375 34,176 35,600 42,720 44,500 48,000 53,400 56,960 66,750 68,352 71,200 85,440 89,000 96,000 106,800 113,920 133,500 142,400 170,880 178,000 213,600 267,000 284,800 341,760 356,000 427,200 534,000 569,600 712,000 854,400 1,068,000 1,424,000 1,708,800 2,136,000 2,848,000 4,272,000 and 8,544,000, with no remainder.

Since 8,544,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,544,000, 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).