Q: Is 8,695,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,695,920 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 8,695,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 38 40 48 57 60 76 80 95 114 120 152 190 228 240 285 304 380 456 570 760 912 1,140 1,520 1,907 2,280 3,814 4,560 5,721 7,628 9,535 11,442 15,256 19,070 22,884 28,605 30,512 36,233 38,140 45,768 57,210 72,466 76,280 91,536 108,699 114,420 144,932 152,560 181,165 217,398 228,840 289,864 362,330 434,796 457,680 543,495 579,728 724,660 869,592 1,086,990 1,449,320 1,739,184 2,173,980 2,898,640 4,347,960 and 8,695,920, with no remainder.

Since 8,695,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,695,920, 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).