Q: Is 8,723,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,723,760 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 8,723,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 120 163 223 240 326 446 489 652 669 815 892 978 1,115 1,304 1,338 1,630 1,784 1,956 2,230 2,445 2,608 2,676 3,260 3,345 3,568 3,912 4,460 4,890 5,352 6,520 6,690 7,824 8,920 9,780 10,704 13,040 13,380 17,840 19,560 26,760 36,349 39,120 53,520 72,698 109,047 145,396 181,745 218,094 290,792 363,490 436,188 545,235 581,584 726,980 872,376 1,090,470 1,453,960 1,744,752 2,180,940 2,907,920 4,361,880 and 8,723,760, with no remainder.

Since 8,723,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,723,760, 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).