Q: Is 8,917,680 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,917,680 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 8,917,680 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 73 80 120 146 219 240 292 365 438 509 584 730 876 1,018 1,095 1,168 1,460 1,527 1,752 2,036 2,190 2,545 2,920 3,054 3,504 4,072 4,380 5,090 5,840 6,108 7,635 8,144 8,760 10,180 12,216 15,270 17,520 20,360 24,432 30,540 37,157 40,720 61,080 74,314 111,471 122,160 148,628 185,785 222,942 297,256 371,570 445,884 557,355 594,512 743,140 891,768 1,114,710 1,486,280 1,783,536 2,229,420 2,972,560 4,458,840 and 8,917,680, with no remainder.

Since 8,917,680 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,917,680, 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).