Q: Is 8,789,680 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,789,680 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 8,789,680 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 17 20 23 34 40 46 68 80 85 92 115 136 170 184 230 272 281 340 368 391 460 562 680 782 920 1,124 1,360 1,405 1,564 1,840 1,955 2,248 2,810 3,128 3,910 4,496 4,777 5,620 6,256 6,463 7,820 9,554 11,240 12,926 15,640 19,108 22,480 23,885 25,852 31,280 32,315 38,216 47,770 51,704 64,630 76,432 95,540 103,408 109,871 129,260 191,080 219,742 258,520 382,160 439,484 517,040 549,355 878,968 1,098,710 1,757,936 2,197,420 4,394,840 and 8,789,680, with no remainder.

Since 8,789,680 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,789,680, 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).