Q: Is 8,623,890 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,623,890 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 8,623,890 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 15 18 22 30 31 33 45 55 62 66 90 93 99 110 155 165 186 198 279 281 310 330 341 465 495 558 562 682 843 930 990 1,023 1,395 1,405 1,686 1,705 2,046 2,529 2,790 2,810 3,069 3,091 3,410 4,215 5,058 5,115 6,138 6,182 8,430 8,711 9,273 10,230 12,645 15,345 15,455 17,422 18,546 25,290 26,133 27,819 30,690 30,910 43,555 46,365 52,266 55,638 78,399 87,110 92,730 95,821 130,665 139,095 156,798 191,642 261,330 278,190 287,463 391,995 479,105 574,926 783,990 862,389 958,210 1,437,315 1,724,778 2,874,630 4,311,945 and 8,623,890, with no remainder.

Since 8,623,890 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,623,890, 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).