Q: Is 8,798,140 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,798,140 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 8,798,140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 19 20 26 38 52 65 76 95 130 137 169 190 247 260 274 338 380 494 548 676 685 845 988 1,235 1,370 1,690 1,781 2,470 2,603 2,740 3,211 3,380 3,562 4,940 5,206 6,422 7,124 8,905 10,412 12,844 13,015 16,055 17,810 23,153 26,030 32,110 33,839 35,620 46,306 52,060 64,220 67,678 92,612 115,765 135,356 169,195 231,530 338,390 439,907 463,060 676,780 879,814 1,759,628 2,199,535 4,399,070 and 8,798,140, with no remainder.

Since 8,798,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,798,140, 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).