Q: Is 8,774,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,774,480 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 8,774,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 13 16 20 22 26 40 44 52 55 59 65 80 88 104 110 118 130 143 169 176 208 220 236 260 286 295 338 440 472 520 572 590 649 676 715 767 845 880 944 1,040 1,144 1,180 1,298 1,352 1,430 1,534 1,690 1,859 2,288 2,360 2,596 2,704 2,860 3,068 3,245 3,380 3,718 3,835 4,720 5,192 5,720 6,136 6,490 6,760 7,436 7,670 8,437 9,295 9,971 10,384 11,440 12,272 12,980 13,520 14,872 15,340 16,874 18,590 19,942 25,960 29,744 30,680 33,748 37,180 39,884 42,185 49,855 51,920 61,360 67,496 74,360 79,768 84,370 99,710 109,681 134,992 148,720 159,536 168,740 199,420 219,362 337,480 398,840 438,724 548,405 674,960 797,680 877,448 1,096,810 1,754,896 2,193,620 4,387,240 and 8,774,480, with no remainder.

Since 8,774,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,774,480, 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).