Q: Is 8,663,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,663,880 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 8,663,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 20 24 30 31 34 40 51 60 62 68 85 93 102 120 124 136 137 155 170 186 204 248 255 274 310 340 372 408 411 465 510 527 548 620 680 685 744 822 930 1,020 1,054 1,096 1,240 1,370 1,581 1,644 1,860 2,040 2,055 2,108 2,329 2,635 2,740 3,162 3,288 3,720 4,110 4,216 4,247 4,658 5,270 5,480 6,324 6,987 7,905 8,220 8,494 9,316 10,540 11,645 12,648 12,741 13,974 15,810 16,440 16,988 18,632 21,080 21,235 23,290 25,482 27,948 31,620 33,976 34,935 42,470 46,580 50,964 55,896 63,240 63,705 69,870 72,199 84,940 93,160 101,928 127,410 139,740 144,398 169,880 216,597 254,820 279,480 288,796 360,995 433,194 509,640 577,592 721,990 866,388 1,082,985 1,443,980 1,732,776 2,165,970 2,887,960 4,331,940 and 8,663,880, with no remainder.

Since 8,663,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,663,880, 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).