Q: Is 8,804,130 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,804,130 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 8,804,130 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 17 30 34 51 61 85 102 122 170 183 255 283 305 366 510 566 610 849 915 1,037 1,415 1,698 1,830 2,074 2,830 3,111 4,245 4,811 5,185 6,222 8,490 9,622 10,370 14,433 15,555 17,263 24,055 28,866 31,110 34,526 48,110 51,789 72,165 86,315 103,578 144,330 172,630 258,945 293,471 517,890 586,942 880,413 1,467,355 1,760,826 2,934,710 4,402,065 and 8,804,130, with no remainder.

Since 8,804,130 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,804,130, 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).