Q: Is 8,702,280 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,702,280 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 8,702,280 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 23 24 30 36 40 45 46 60 69 72 90 92 115 120 138 180 184 207 230 276 345 360 414 460 552 690 828 920 1,035 1,051 1,380 1,656 2,070 2,102 2,760 3,153 4,140 4,204 5,255 6,306 8,280 8,408 9,459 10,510 12,612 15,765 18,918 21,020 24,173 25,224 31,530 37,836 42,040 47,295 48,346 63,060 72,519 75,672 94,590 96,692 120,865 126,120 145,038 189,180 193,384 217,557 241,730 290,076 362,595 378,360 435,114 483,460 580,152 725,190 870,228 966,920 1,087,785 1,450,380 1,740,456 2,175,570 2,900,760 4,351,140 and 8,702,280, with no remainder.

Since 8,702,280 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,702,280, 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).