Q: Is 8,934,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,934,960 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 8,934,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 59 60 80 118 120 177 236 240 295 354 472 590 631 708 885 944 1,180 1,262 1,416 1,770 1,893 2,360 2,524 2,832 3,155 3,540 3,786 4,720 5,048 6,310 7,080 7,572 9,465 10,096 12,620 14,160 15,144 18,930 25,240 30,288 37,229 37,860 50,480 74,458 75,720 111,687 148,916 151,440 186,145 223,374 297,832 372,290 446,748 558,435 595,664 744,580 893,496 1,116,870 1,489,160 1,786,992 2,233,740 2,978,320 4,467,480 and 8,934,960, with no remainder.

Since 8,934,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,934,960, 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).