Q: Is 8,802,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,802,840 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 8,802,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 109 120 218 327 436 545 654 673 872 1,090 1,308 1,346 1,635 2,019 2,180 2,616 2,692 3,270 3,365 4,038 4,360 5,384 6,540 6,730 8,076 10,095 13,080 13,460 16,152 20,190 26,920 40,380 73,357 80,760 146,714 220,071 293,428 366,785 440,142 586,856 733,570 880,284 1,100,355 1,467,140 1,760,568 2,200,710 2,934,280 4,401,420 and 8,802,840, with no remainder.

Since 8,802,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,802,840, 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).