Q: Is 8,629,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,629,240 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 8,629,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 29 40 43 58 86 116 145 172 173 215 232 290 344 346 430 580 692 860 865 1,160 1,247 1,384 1,720 1,730 2,494 3,460 4,988 5,017 6,235 6,920 7,439 9,976 10,034 12,470 14,878 20,068 24,940 25,085 29,756 37,195 40,136 49,880 50,170 59,512 74,390 100,340 148,780 200,680 215,731 297,560 431,462 862,924 1,078,655 1,725,848 2,157,310 4,314,620 and 8,629,240, with no remainder.

Since 8,629,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,629,240, 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).