Q: Is 8,689,620 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,689,620 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 8,689,620 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 60 251 502 577 753 1,004 1,154 1,255 1,506 1,731 2,308 2,510 2,885 3,012 3,462 3,765 5,020 5,770 6,924 7,530 8,655 11,540 15,060 17,310 34,620 144,827 289,654 434,481 579,308 724,135 868,962 1,448,270 1,737,924 2,172,405 2,896,540 4,344,810 and 8,689,620, with no remainder.

Since 8,689,620 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,689,620, 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).