Q: Is 8,977,140 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,977,140 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 8,977,140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 53 60 90 106 159 180 212 265 318 477 530 636 795 941 954 1,060 1,590 1,882 1,908 2,385 2,823 3,180 3,764 4,705 4,770 5,646 8,469 9,410 9,540 11,292 14,115 16,938 18,820 28,230 33,876 42,345 49,873 56,460 84,690 99,746 149,619 169,380 199,492 249,365 299,238 448,857 498,730 598,476 748,095 897,714 997,460 1,496,190 1,795,428 2,244,285 2,992,380 4,488,570 and 8,977,140, with no remainder.

Since 8,977,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,977,140, 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).