Q: Is 8,794,680 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,794,680 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 8,794,680 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 83 120 166 249 332 415 498 664 830 883 996 1,245 1,660 1,766 1,992 2,490 2,649 3,320 3,532 4,415 4,980 5,298 7,064 8,830 9,960 10,596 13,245 17,660 21,192 26,490 35,320 52,980 73,289 105,960 146,578 219,867 293,156 366,445 439,734 586,312 732,890 879,468 1,099,335 1,465,780 1,758,936 2,198,670 2,931,560 4,397,340 and 8,794,680, with no remainder.

Since 8,794,680 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,794,680, 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).