Q: Is 8,601,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,601,840 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 8,601,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 15 16 18 20 24 26 30 36 39 40 45 48 52 60 65 72 78 80 90 104 117 120 130 144 156 180 195 208 234 240 260 312 360 390 468 520 585 624 720 780 919 936 1,040 1,170 1,560 1,838 1,872 2,340 2,757 3,120 3,676 4,595 4,680 5,514 7,352 8,271 9,190 9,360 11,028 11,947 13,785 14,704 16,542 18,380 22,056 23,894 27,570 33,084 35,841 36,760 41,355 44,112 47,788 55,140 59,735 66,168 71,682 73,520 82,710 95,576 107,523 110,280 119,470 132,336 143,364 165,420 179,205 191,152 215,046 220,560 238,940 286,728 330,840 358,410 430,092 477,880 537,615 573,456 661,680 716,820 860,184 955,760 1,075,230 1,433,640 1,720,368 2,150,460 2,867,280 4,300,920 and 8,601,840, with no remainder.

Since 8,601,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,601,840, 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).