Q: Is 8,730,180 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,730,180 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 8,730,180 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 17 18 20 27 30 34 36 45 51 54 60 68 81 85 90 102 108 135 153 162 170 180 204 255 270 306 317 324 340 405 459 510 540 612 634 765 810 918 951 1,020 1,268 1,377 1,530 1,585 1,620 1,836 1,902 2,295 2,754 2,853 3,060 3,170 3,804 4,590 4,755 5,389 5,508 5,706 6,340 6,885 8,559 9,180 9,510 10,778 11,412 13,770 14,265 16,167 17,118 19,020 21,556 25,677 26,945 27,540 28,530 32,334 34,236 42,795 48,501 51,354 53,890 57,060 64,668 80,835 85,590 97,002 102,708 107,780 128,385 145,503 161,670 171,180 194,004 242,505 256,770 291,006 323,340 436,509 485,010 513,540 582,012 727,515 873,018 970,020 1,455,030 1,746,036 2,182,545 2,910,060 4,365,090 and 8,730,180, with no remainder.

Since 8,730,180 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,730,180, 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).