Q: Is 8,642,910 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,642,910 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 8,642,910 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 19 30 38 57 59 95 114 118 177 190 257 285 295 354 514 570 590 771 885 1,121 1,285 1,542 1,770 2,242 2,570 3,363 3,855 4,883 5,605 6,726 7,710 9,766 11,210 14,649 15,163 16,815 24,415 29,298 30,326 33,630 45,489 48,830 73,245 75,815 90,978 146,490 151,630 227,445 288,097 454,890 576,194 864,291 1,440,485 1,728,582 2,880,970 4,321,455 and 8,642,910, with no remainder.

Since 8,642,910 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,642,910, 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).