Q: Is 8,042,454 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,042,454 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 8,042,454 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 29 31 42 58 62 63 71 87 93 126 142 174 186 203 213 217 261 279 406 426 434 497 522 558 609 639 651 899 994 1,218 1,278 1,302 1,491 1,798 1,827 1,953 2,059 2,201 2,697 2,982 3,654 3,906 4,118 4,402 4,473 5,394 6,177 6,293 6,603 8,091 8,946 12,354 12,586 13,206 14,413 15,407 16,182 18,531 18,879 19,809 28,826 30,814 37,062 37,758 39,618 43,239 46,221 56,637 63,829 86,478 92,442 113,274 127,658 129,717 138,663 191,487 259,434 277,326 382,974 446,803 574,461 893,606 1,148,922 1,340,409 2,680,818 4,021,227 and 8,042,454, with no remainder.

Since 8,042,454 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,042,454, 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).