Q: Is 8,740,080 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,740,080 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 8,740,080 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 48 60 61 72 80 90 120 122 144 180 183 199 240 244 305 360 366 398 488 549 597 610 720 732 796 915 976 995 1,098 1,194 1,220 1,464 1,592 1,791 1,830 1,990 2,196 2,388 2,440 2,745 2,928 2,985 3,184 3,582 3,660 3,980 4,392 4,776 4,880 5,490 5,970 7,164 7,320 7,960 8,784 8,955 9,552 10,980 11,940 12,139 14,328 14,640 15,920 17,910 21,960 23,880 24,278 28,656 35,820 36,417 43,920 47,760 48,556 60,695 71,640 72,834 97,112 109,251 121,390 143,280 145,668 182,085 194,224 218,502 242,780 291,336 364,170 437,004 485,560 546,255 582,672 728,340 874,008 971,120 1,092,510 1,456,680 1,748,016 2,185,020 2,913,360 4,370,040 and 8,740,080, with no remainder.

Since 8,740,080 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,740,080, 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).