Q: Is 8,855,160 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,855,160 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 8,855,160 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 109 120 218 327 436 545 654 677 872 1,090 1,308 1,354 1,635 2,031 2,180 2,616 2,708 3,270 3,385 4,062 4,360 5,416 6,540 6,770 8,124 10,155 13,080 13,540 16,248 20,310 27,080 40,620 73,793 81,240 147,586 221,379 295,172 368,965 442,758 590,344 737,930 885,516 1,106,895 1,475,860 1,771,032 2,213,790 2,951,720 4,427,580 and 8,855,160, with no remainder.

Since 8,855,160 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,855,160, 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).