Q: Is 8,740,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,740,560 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 8,740,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 79 80 120 158 237 240 316 395 461 474 632 790 922 948 1,185 1,264 1,383 1,580 1,844 1,896 2,305 2,370 2,766 3,160 3,688 3,792 4,610 4,740 5,532 6,320 6,915 7,376 9,220 9,480 11,064 13,830 18,440 18,960 22,128 27,660 36,419 36,880 55,320 72,838 109,257 110,640 145,676 182,095 218,514 291,352 364,190 437,028 546,285 582,704 728,380 874,056 1,092,570 1,456,760 1,748,112 2,185,140 2,913,520 4,370,280 and 8,740,560, with no remainder.

Since 8,740,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,740,560, 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).