Q: Is 8,072,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,072,112 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 8,072,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 38 48 53 57 76 106 114 152 159 167 212 228 304 318 334 424 456 501 636 668 848 912 1,002 1,007 1,272 1,336 2,004 2,014 2,544 2,672 3,021 3,173 4,008 4,028 6,042 6,346 8,016 8,056 8,851 9,519 12,084 12,692 16,112 17,702 19,038 24,168 25,384 26,553 35,404 38,076 48,336 50,768 53,106 70,808 76,152 106,212 141,616 152,304 168,169 212,424 336,338 424,848 504,507 672,676 1,009,014 1,345,352 2,018,028 2,690,704 4,036,056 and 8,072,112, with no remainder.

Since 8,072,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,072,112, 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).