Q: Is 8,079,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,079,344 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 8,079,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 31 52 56 62 91 104 112 124 179 182 208 217 248 358 364 403 434 496 716 728 806 868 1,253 1,432 1,456 1,612 1,736 2,327 2,506 2,821 2,864 3,224 3,472 4,654 5,012 5,549 5,642 6,448 9,308 10,024 11,098 11,284 16,289 18,616 20,048 22,196 22,568 32,578 37,232 38,843 44,392 45,136 65,156 72,137 77,686 88,784 130,312 144,274 155,372 260,624 288,548 310,744 504,959 577,096 621,488 1,009,918 1,154,192 2,019,836 4,039,672 and 8,079,344, with no remainder.

Since 8,079,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,079,344, 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).