Q: Is 8,688,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,688,480 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 8,688,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 23 24 30 32 40 46 48 60 69 80 92 96 115 120 138 160 184 230 240 276 345 368 460 480 552 690 736 787 920 1,104 1,380 1,574 1,840 2,208 2,361 2,760 3,148 3,680 3,935 4,722 5,520 6,296 7,870 9,444 11,040 11,805 12,592 15,740 18,101 18,888 23,610 25,184 31,480 36,202 37,776 47,220 54,303 62,960 72,404 75,552 90,505 94,440 108,606 125,920 144,808 181,010 188,880 217,212 271,515 289,616 362,020 377,760 434,424 543,030 579,232 724,040 868,848 1,086,060 1,448,080 1,737,696 2,172,120 2,896,160 4,344,240 and 8,688,480, with no remainder.

Since 8,688,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,688,480, 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).