Q: Is 8,822,910 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,822,910 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 8,822,910 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 30 31 53 62 93 106 155 159 179 186 265 310 318 358 465 530 537 795 895 930 1,074 1,590 1,643 1,790 2,685 3,286 4,929 5,370 5,549 8,215 9,487 9,858 11,098 16,430 16,647 18,974 24,645 27,745 28,461 33,294 47,435 49,290 55,490 56,922 83,235 94,870 142,305 166,470 284,610 294,097 588,194 882,291 1,470,485 1,764,582 2,940,970 4,411,455 and 8,822,910, with no remainder.

Since 8,822,910 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,822,910, 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).