Q: Is 8,885,280 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,885,280 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 8,885,280 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 80 96 107 120 160 173 214 240 321 346 428 480 519 535 642 692 856 865 1,038 1,070 1,284 1,384 1,605 1,712 1,730 2,076 2,140 2,568 2,595 2,768 3,210 3,424 3,460 4,152 4,280 5,136 5,190 5,536 6,420 6,920 8,304 8,560 10,272 10,380 12,840 13,840 16,608 17,120 18,511 20,760 25,680 27,680 37,022 41,520 51,360 55,533 74,044 83,040 92,555 111,066 148,088 185,110 222,132 277,665 296,176 370,220 444,264 555,330 592,352 740,440 888,528 1,110,660 1,480,880 1,777,056 2,221,320 2,961,760 4,442,640 and 8,885,280, with no remainder.

Since 8,885,280 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,885,280, 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).