Q: Is 8,684,260 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,684,260 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 8,684,260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 20 26 52 65 127 130 254 260 263 508 526 635 1,052 1,270 1,315 1,651 2,540 2,630 3,302 3,419 5,260 6,604 6,838 8,255 13,676 16,510 17,095 33,020 33,401 34,190 66,802 68,380 133,604 167,005 334,010 434,213 668,020 868,426 1,736,852 2,171,065 4,342,130 and 8,684,260, with no remainder.

Since 8,684,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,684,260, 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).