Q: Is 8,620,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,620,000 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 8,620,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 32 40 50 80 100 125 160 200 250 400 431 500 625 800 862 1,000 1,250 1,724 2,000 2,155 2,500 3,448 4,000 4,310 5,000 6,896 8,620 10,000 10,775 13,792 17,240 20,000 21,550 34,480 43,100 53,875 68,960 86,200 107,750 172,400 215,500 269,375 344,800 431,000 538,750 862,000 1,077,500 1,724,000 2,155,000 4,310,000 and 8,620,000, with no remainder.

Since 8,620,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,620,000, 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).