Q: Is 8,076,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,076,168 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 8,076,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 223 446 503 669 892 1,006 1,338 1,509 1,784 2,007 2,012 2,676 3,018 4,014 4,024 4,527 5,352 6,036 8,028 9,054 12,072 16,056 18,108 36,216 112,169 224,338 336,507 448,676 673,014 897,352 1,009,521 1,346,028 2,019,042 2,692,056 4,038,084 and 8,076,168, with no remainder.

Since 8,076,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,076,168, 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).