Q: Is 8,742,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,742,000 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 8,742,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 31 40 47 48 50 60 62 75 80 93 94 100 120 124 125 141 150 155 186 188 200 235 240 248 250 282 300 310 372 375 376 400 465 470 496 500 564 600 620 705 744 750 752 775 930 940 1,000 1,128 1,175 1,200 1,240 1,410 1,457 1,488 1,500 1,550 1,860 1,880 2,000 2,256 2,325 2,350 2,480 2,820 2,914 3,000 3,100 3,525 3,720 3,760 3,875 4,371 4,650 4,700 5,640 5,828 5,875 6,000 6,200 7,050 7,285 7,440 7,750 8,742 9,300 9,400 11,280 11,625 11,656 11,750 12,400 14,100 14,570 15,500 17,484 17,625 18,600 18,800 21,855 23,250 23,312 23,500 28,200 29,140 31,000 34,968 35,250 36,425 37,200 43,710 46,500 47,000 56,400 58,280 62,000 69,936 70,500 72,850 87,420 93,000 94,000 109,275 116,560 141,000 145,700 174,840 182,125 186,000 218,550 282,000 291,400 349,680 364,250 437,100 546,375 582,800 728,500 874,200 1,092,750 1,457,000 1,748,400 2,185,500 2,914,000 4,371,000 and 8,742,000, with no remainder.

Since 8,742,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,742,000, 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).