Q: Is 8,720,460 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,720,460 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 8,720,460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 27 28 30 35 36 42 45 54 60 63 70 81 84 90 105 108 126 135 140 162 180 189 210 252 270 315 324 378 405 420 540 567 630 756 769 810 945 1,134 1,260 1,538 1,620 1,890 2,268 2,307 2,835 3,076 3,780 3,845 4,614 5,383 5,670 6,921 7,690 9,228 10,766 11,340 11,535 13,842 15,380 16,149 20,763 21,532 23,070 26,915 27,684 32,298 34,605 41,526 46,140 48,447 53,830 62,289 64,596 69,210 80,745 83,052 96,894 103,815 107,660 124,578 138,420 145,341 161,490 193,788 207,630 242,235 249,156 290,682 311,445 322,980 415,260 436,023 484,470 581,364 622,890 726,705 872,046 968,940 1,245,780 1,453,410 1,744,092 2,180,115 2,906,820 4,360,230 and 8,720,460, with no remainder.

Since 8,720,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,720,460, 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).