Q: Is 8,369,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,369,480 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 8,369,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 56 70 71 140 142 280 284 355 421 497 568 710 842 994 1,420 1,684 1,988 2,105 2,485 2,840 2,947 3,368 3,976 4,210 4,970 5,894 8,420 9,940 11,788 14,735 16,840 19,880 23,576 29,470 29,891 58,940 59,782 117,880 119,564 149,455 209,237 239,128 298,910 418,474 597,820 836,948 1,046,185 1,195,640 1,673,896 2,092,370 4,184,740 and 8,369,480, with no remainder.

Since 8,369,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,369,480, 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).