Q: Is 8,070,876 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,070,876 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 8,070,876 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 44 66 89 99 132 178 198 229 267 356 396 458 534 687 801 916 979 1,068 1,374 1,602 1,958 2,061 2,519 2,748 2,937 3,204 3,916 4,122 5,038 5,874 7,557 8,244 8,811 10,076 11,748 15,114 17,622 20,381 22,671 30,228 35,244 40,762 45,342 61,143 81,524 90,684 122,286 183,429 224,191 244,572 366,858 448,382 672,573 733,716 896,764 1,345,146 2,017,719 2,690,292 4,035,438 and 8,070,876, with no remainder.

Since 8,070,876 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,070,876, 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).