Q: Is 8,735,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,735,760 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 8,735,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 18 20 22 24 30 33 36 40 44 45 48 55 60 66 72 80 88 90 99 110 120 132 144 165 176 180 198 220 240 264 330 360 396 440 495 528 660 720 792 880 990 1,103 1,320 1,584 1,980 2,206 2,640 3,309 3,960 4,412 5,515 6,618 7,920 8,824 9,927 11,030 12,133 13,236 16,545 17,648 19,854 22,060 24,266 26,472 33,090 36,399 39,708 44,120 48,532 49,635 52,944 60,665 66,180 72,798 79,416 88,240 97,064 99,270 109,197 121,330 132,360 145,596 158,832 181,995 194,128 198,540 218,394 242,660 264,720 291,192 363,990 397,080 436,788 485,320 545,985 582,384 727,980 794,160 873,576 970,640 1,091,970 1,455,960 1,747,152 2,183,940 2,911,920 4,367,880 and 8,735,760, with no remainder.

Since 8,735,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,735,760, 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).