Q: Is 8,682,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,682,840 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 8,682,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 60 72 89 90 120 178 180 267 271 356 360 445 534 542 712 801 813 890 1,068 1,084 1,335 1,355 1,602 1,626 1,780 2,136 2,168 2,439 2,670 2,710 3,204 3,252 3,560 4,005 4,065 4,878 5,340 5,420 6,408 6,504 8,010 8,130 9,756 10,680 10,840 12,195 16,020 16,260 19,512 24,119 24,390 32,040 32,520 48,238 48,780 72,357 96,476 97,560 120,595 144,714 192,952 217,071 241,190 289,428 361,785 434,142 482,380 578,856 723,570 868,284 964,760 1,085,355 1,447,140 1,736,568 2,170,710 2,894,280 4,341,420 and 8,682,840, with no remainder.

Since 8,682,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,682,840, 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).