Q: Is 8,823,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,823,540 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 8,823,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 29 30 33 44 55 58 60 66 87 110 116 132 145 165 174 220 290 319 330 348 435 461 580 638 660 870 922 957 1,276 1,383 1,595 1,740 1,844 1,914 2,305 2,766 3,190 3,828 4,610 4,785 5,071 5,532 6,380 6,915 9,220 9,570 10,142 13,369 13,830 15,213 19,140 20,284 25,355 26,738 27,660 30,426 40,107 50,710 53,476 60,852 66,845 76,065 80,214 101,420 133,690 147,059 152,130 160,428 200,535 267,380 294,118 304,260 401,070 441,177 588,236 735,295 802,140 882,354 1,470,590 1,764,708 2,205,885 2,941,180 4,411,770 and 8,823,540, with no remainder.

Since 8,823,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,823,540, 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).