Q: Is 8,001,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,001,648 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 8,001,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 181 307 362 543 614 724 921 1,086 1,228 1,448 1,629 1,842 2,172 2,456 2,763 2,896 3,258 3,684 4,344 4,912 5,526 6,516 7,368 8,688 11,052 13,032 14,736 22,104 26,064 44,208 55,567 111,134 166,701 222,268 333,402 444,536 500,103 666,804 889,072 1,000,206 1,333,608 2,000,412 2,667,216 4,000,824 and 8,001,648, with no remainder.

Since 8,001,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,001,648, 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).