Q: Is 8,590,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,590,120 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 8,590,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 88 110 140 154 220 280 308 385 440 616 770 1,540 2,789 3,080 5,578 11,156 13,945 19,523 22,312 27,890 30,679 39,046 55,780 61,358 78,092 97,615 111,560 122,716 153,395 156,184 195,230 214,753 245,432 306,790 390,460 429,506 613,580 780,920 859,012 1,073,765 1,227,160 1,718,024 2,147,530 4,295,060 and 8,590,120, with no remainder.

Since 8,590,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,590,120, 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).