Q: Is 8,673,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,673,120 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 8,673,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 19 20 24 30 32 36 38 40 45 48 57 60 72 76 80 90 95 96 114 120 144 152 160 171 180 190 228 240 285 288 304 317 342 360 380 456 480 570 608 634 684 720 760 855 912 951 1,140 1,268 1,368 1,440 1,520 1,585 1,710 1,824 1,902 2,280 2,536 2,736 2,853 3,040 3,170 3,420 3,804 4,560 4,755 5,072 5,472 5,706 6,023 6,340 6,840 7,608 9,120 9,510 10,144 11,412 12,046 12,680 13,680 14,265 15,216 18,069 19,020 22,824 24,092 25,360 27,360 28,530 30,115 30,432 36,138 38,040 45,648 48,184 50,720 54,207 57,060 60,230 72,276 76,080 90,345 91,296 96,368 108,414 114,120 120,460 144,552 152,160 180,690 192,736 216,828 228,240 240,920 271,035 289,104 361,380 433,656 456,480 481,840 542,070 578,208 722,760 867,312 963,680 1,084,140 1,445,520 1,734,624 2,168,280 2,891,040 4,336,560 and 8,673,120, with no remainder.

Since 8,673,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,673,120, 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).