Q: Is 8,837,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,837,880 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 8,837,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 47 60 94 120 141 188 235 282 376 470 564 705 940 1,128 1,410 1,567 1,880 2,820 3,134 4,701 5,640 6,268 7,835 9,402 12,536 15,670 18,804 23,505 31,340 37,608 47,010 62,680 73,649 94,020 147,298 188,040 220,947 294,596 368,245 441,894 589,192 736,490 883,788 1,104,735 1,472,980 1,767,576 2,209,470 2,945,960 4,418,940 and 8,837,880, with no remainder.

Since 8,837,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,837,880, 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).