Q: Is 8,950,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,950,320 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 8,950,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 31 36 40 45 48 60 62 72 80 90 93 120 124 144 155 180 186 240 248 279 310 360 372 401 465 496 558 620 720 744 802 930 1,116 1,203 1,240 1,395 1,488 1,604 1,860 2,005 2,232 2,406 2,480 2,790 3,208 3,609 3,720 4,010 4,464 4,812 5,580 6,015 6,416 7,218 7,440 8,020 9,624 11,160 12,030 12,431 14,436 16,040 18,045 19,248 22,320 24,060 24,862 28,872 32,080 36,090 37,293 48,120 49,724 57,744 62,155 72,180 74,586 96,240 99,448 111,879 124,310 144,360 149,172 186,465 198,896 223,758 248,620 288,720 298,344 372,930 447,516 497,240 559,395 596,688 745,860 895,032 994,480 1,118,790 1,491,720 1,790,064 2,237,580 2,983,440 4,475,160 and 8,950,320, with no remainder.

Since 8,950,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,950,320, 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).