Q: Is 8,924,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,924,520 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 8,924,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 55 60 66 88 110 120 132 165 220 264 330 440 660 1,320 6,761 13,522 20,283 27,044 33,805 40,566 54,088 67,610 74,371 81,132 101,415 135,220 148,742 162,264 202,830 223,113 270,440 297,484 371,855 405,660 446,226 594,968 743,710 811,320 892,452 1,115,565 1,487,420 1,784,904 2,231,130 2,974,840 4,462,260 and 8,924,520, with no remainder.

Since 8,924,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,924,520, 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).