Q: Is 8,949,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,949,480 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 8,949,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 17 20 24 30 34 40 41 51 60 68 82 85 102 107 120 123 136 164 170 204 205 214 246 255 321 328 340 408 410 428 492 510 535 615 642 680 697 820 856 984 1,020 1,070 1,230 1,284 1,394 1,605 1,640 1,819 2,040 2,091 2,140 2,460 2,568 2,788 3,210 3,485 3,638 4,182 4,280 4,387 4,920 5,457 5,576 6,420 6,970 7,276 8,364 8,774 9,095 10,455 10,914 12,840 13,161 13,940 14,552 16,728 17,548 18,190 20,910 21,828 21,935 26,322 27,285 27,880 35,096 36,380 41,820 43,656 43,870 52,644 54,570 65,805 72,760 74,579 83,640 87,740 105,288 109,140 131,610 149,158 175,480 218,280 223,737 263,220 298,316 372,895 447,474 526,440 596,632 745,790 894,948 1,118,685 1,491,580 1,789,896 2,237,370 2,983,160 4,474,740 and 8,949,480, with no remainder.

Since 8,949,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,949,480, 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).