Q: Is 8,703,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,703,520 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 8,703,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 19 20 28 32 35 38 40 56 70 76 80 95 112 133 140 152 160 190 224 266 280 304 380 409 532 560 608 665 760 818 1,064 1,120 1,330 1,520 1,636 2,045 2,128 2,660 2,863 3,040 3,272 4,090 4,256 5,320 5,726 6,544 7,771 8,180 10,640 11,452 13,088 14,315 15,542 16,360 21,280 22,904 28,630 31,084 32,720 38,855 45,808 54,397 57,260 62,168 65,440 77,710 91,616 108,794 114,520 124,336 155,420 217,588 229,040 248,672 271,985 310,840 435,176 458,080 543,970 621,680 870,352 1,087,940 1,243,360 1,740,704 2,175,880 4,351,760 and 8,703,520, with no remainder.

Since 8,703,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,703,520, 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).