Q: Is 8,722,360 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,722,360 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 8,722,360 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 17 20 34 40 68 85 101 127 136 170 202 254 340 404 505 508 635 680 808 1,010 1,016 1,270 1,717 2,020 2,159 2,540 3,434 4,040 4,318 5,080 6,868 8,585 8,636 10,795 12,827 13,736 17,170 17,272 21,590 25,654 34,340 43,180 51,308 64,135 68,680 86,360 102,616 128,270 218,059 256,540 436,118 513,080 872,236 1,090,295 1,744,472 2,180,590 4,361,180 and 8,722,360, with no remainder.

Since 8,722,360 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,722,360, 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).