Q: Is 8,980,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,980,000 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 8,980,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 32 40 50 80 100 125 160 200 250 400 449 500 625 800 898 1,000 1,250 1,796 2,000 2,245 2,500 3,592 4,000 4,490 5,000 7,184 8,980 10,000 11,225 14,368 17,960 20,000 22,450 35,920 44,900 56,125 71,840 89,800 112,250 179,600 224,500 280,625 359,200 449,000 561,250 898,000 1,122,500 1,796,000 2,245,000 4,490,000 and 8,980,000, with no remainder.

Since 8,980,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,980,000, 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).