Q: Is 8,905,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,905,560 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 8,905,560 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 1,579 1,880 2,820 3,158 4,737 5,640 6,316 7,895 9,474 12,632 15,790 18,948 23,685 31,580 37,896 47,370 63,160 74,213 94,740 148,426 189,480 222,639 296,852 371,065 445,278 593,704 742,130 890,556 1,113,195 1,484,260 1,781,112 2,226,390 2,968,520 4,452,780 and 8,905,560, with no remainder.

Since 8,905,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,905,560, 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).