Q: Is 8,046,288 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,046,288 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 8,046,288 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 71 72 142 144 213 284 426 568 639 787 852 1,136 1,278 1,574 1,704 2,361 2,556 3,148 3,408 4,722 5,112 6,296 7,083 9,444 10,224 12,592 14,166 18,888 28,332 37,776 55,877 56,664 111,754 113,328 167,631 223,508 335,262 447,016 502,893 670,524 894,032 1,005,786 1,341,048 2,011,572 2,682,096 4,023,144 and 8,046,288, with no remainder.

Since 8,046,288 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,046,288, 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).