Q: Is 8,017,218 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,017,218 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 8,017,218 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 33 54 66 81 99 121 162 198 242 297 363 409 594 726 818 891 1,089 1,227 1,782 2,178 2,454 3,267 3,681 4,499 6,534 7,362 8,998 9,801 11,043 13,497 19,602 22,086 26,994 33,129 40,491 49,489 66,258 80,982 98,978 121,473 148,467 242,946 296,934 364,419 445,401 728,838 890,802 1,336,203 2,672,406 4,008,609 and 8,017,218, with no remainder.

Since 8,017,218 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,017,218, 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).