Q: Is 8,788,260 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,788,260 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 8,788,260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 13 15 19 20 26 30 38 39 52 57 60 65 76 78 95 114 130 156 190 195 228 247 260 285 380 390 494 570 593 741 780 988 1,140 1,186 1,235 1,482 1,779 2,372 2,470 2,964 2,965 3,558 3,705 4,940 5,930 7,116 7,410 7,709 8,895 11,267 11,860 14,820 15,418 17,790 22,534 23,127 30,836 33,801 35,580 38,545 45,068 46,254 56,335 67,602 77,090 92,508 112,670 115,635 135,204 146,471 154,180 169,005 225,340 231,270 292,942 338,010 439,413 462,540 585,884 676,020 732,355 878,826 1,464,710 1,757,652 2,197,065 2,929,420 4,394,130 and 8,788,260, with no remainder.

Since 8,788,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,788,260, 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).