Q: Is 8,039,772 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,039,772 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 8,039,772 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 41 52 78 82 117 123 156 164 234 246 369 419 468 492 533 738 838 1,066 1,257 1,476 1,599 1,676 2,132 2,514 3,198 3,771 4,797 5,028 5,447 6,396 7,542 9,594 10,894 15,084 16,341 17,179 19,188 21,788 32,682 34,358 49,023 51,537 65,364 68,716 98,046 103,074 154,611 196,092 206,148 223,327 309,222 446,654 618,444 669,981 893,308 1,339,962 2,009,943 2,679,924 4,019,886 and 8,039,772, with no remainder.

Since 8,039,772 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,039,772, 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).