Q: Is 8,631,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,631,240 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 8,631,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 20 24 30 34 40 51 60 68 85 102 120 136 170 204 255 340 408 510 680 1,020 2,040 4,231 8,462 12,693 16,924 21,155 25,386 33,848 42,310 50,772 63,465 71,927 84,620 101,544 126,930 143,854 169,240 215,781 253,860 287,708 359,635 431,562 507,720 575,416 719,270 863,124 1,078,905 1,438,540 1,726,248 2,157,810 2,877,080 4,315,620 and 8,631,240, with no remainder.

Since 8,631,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,631,240, 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).