Q: Is 8,724,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,724,240 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 8,724,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 16 18 20 21 24 27 28 30 35 36 40 42 45 48 54 56 60 63 70 72 80 84 90 105 108 112 120 126 135 140 144 168 180 189 210 216 240 252 270 280 315 336 360 378 420 432 504 540 560 577 630 720 756 840 945 1,008 1,080 1,154 1,260 1,512 1,680 1,731 1,890 2,160 2,308 2,520 2,885 3,024 3,462 3,780 4,039 4,616 5,040 5,193 5,770 6,924 7,560 8,078 8,655 9,232 10,386 11,540 12,117 13,848 15,120 15,579 16,156 17,310 20,195 20,772 23,080 24,234 25,965 27,696 31,158 32,312 34,620 36,351 40,390 41,544 46,160 48,468 51,930 60,585 62,316 64,624 69,240 72,702 77,895 80,780 83,088 96,936 103,860 109,053 121,170 124,632 138,480 145,404 155,790 161,560 181,755 193,872 207,720 218,106 242,340 249,264 290,808 311,580 323,120 363,510 415,440 436,212 484,680 545,265 581,616 623,160 727,020 872,424 969,360 1,090,530 1,246,320 1,454,040 1,744,848 2,181,060 2,908,080 4,362,120 and 8,724,240, with no remainder.

Since 8,724,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,724,240, 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).