Q: Is 8,866,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,866,240 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 8,866,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 80 103 160 206 269 320 412 515 538 824 1,030 1,076 1,345 1,648 2,060 2,152 2,690 3,296 4,120 4,304 5,380 6,592 8,240 8,608 10,760 16,480 17,216 21,520 27,707 32,960 43,040 55,414 86,080 110,828 138,535 221,656 277,070 443,312 554,140 886,624 1,108,280 1,773,248 2,216,560 4,433,120 and 8,866,240, with no remainder.

Since 8,866,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,866,240, 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).