Q: Is 8,635,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,635,120 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 8,635,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 19 20 23 26 38 40 46 52 65 76 80 92 95 104 115 130 152 184 190 208 230 247 260 299 304 361 368 380 437 460 494 520 598 722 760 874 920 988 1,040 1,196 1,235 1,444 1,495 1,520 1,748 1,805 1,840 1,976 2,185 2,392 2,470 2,888 2,990 3,496 3,610 3,952 4,370 4,693 4,784 4,940 5,681 5,776 5,980 6,992 7,220 8,303 8,740 9,386 9,880 11,362 11,960 14,440 16,606 17,480 18,772 19,760 22,724 23,465 23,920 28,405 28,880 33,212 34,960 37,544 41,515 45,448 46,930 56,810 66,424 75,088 83,030 90,896 93,860 107,939 113,620 132,848 166,060 187,720 215,878 227,240 332,120 375,440 431,756 454,480 539,695 664,240 863,512 1,079,390 1,727,024 2,158,780 4,317,560 and 8,635,120, with no remainder.

Since 8,635,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,635,120, 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).