Q: Is 8,073,468 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,073,468 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 8,073,468 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 78 117 156 169 234 338 468 507 676 1,014 1,327 1,521 2,028 2,654 3,042 3,981 5,308 6,084 7,962 11,943 15,924 17,251 23,886 34,502 47,772 51,753 69,004 103,506 155,259 207,012 224,263 310,518 448,526 621,036 672,789 897,052 1,345,578 2,018,367 2,691,156 4,036,734 and 8,073,468, with no remainder.

Since 8,073,468 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,073,468, 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).