Q: Is 8,048,844 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,048,844 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 8,048,844 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 47 67 71 94 134 141 142 188 201 213 268 282 284 402 423 426 564 603 639 804 846 852 1,206 1,278 1,692 2,412 2,556 3,149 3,337 4,757 6,298 6,674 9,447 9,514 10,011 12,596 13,348 14,271 18,894 19,028 20,022 28,341 28,542 30,033 37,788 40,044 42,813 56,682 57,084 60,066 85,626 113,364 120,132 171,252 223,579 447,158 670,737 894,316 1,341,474 2,012,211 2,682,948 4,024,422 and 8,048,844, with no remainder.

Since 8,048,844 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,048,844, 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).