Q: Is 8,771,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,771,520 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 8,771,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 160 192 240 320 480 960 9,137 18,274 27,411 36,548 45,685 54,822 73,096 91,370 109,644 137,055 146,192 182,740 219,288 274,110 292,384 365,480 438,576 548,220 584,768 730,960 877,152 1,096,440 1,461,920 1,754,304 2,192,880 2,923,840 4,385,760 and 8,771,520, with no remainder.

Since 8,771,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,771,520, 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).