Q: Is 8,936,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,936,880 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 8,936,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 23 24 30 40 46 48 60 69 80 92 115 120 138 184 230 240 276 345 368 460 552 690 920 1,104 1,380 1,619 1,840 2,760 3,238 4,857 5,520 6,476 8,095 9,714 12,952 16,190 19,428 24,285 25,904 32,380 37,237 38,856 48,570 64,760 74,474 77,712 97,140 111,711 129,520 148,948 186,185 194,280 223,422 297,896 372,370 388,560 446,844 558,555 595,792 744,740 893,688 1,117,110 1,489,480 1,787,376 2,234,220 2,978,960 4,468,440 and 8,936,880, with no remainder.

Since 8,936,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,936,880, 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).