Q: Is 8,087,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,087,472 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 8,087,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 97 108 144 193 194 216 291 386 388 432 579 582 772 776 873 1,158 1,164 1,544 1,552 1,737 1,746 2,316 2,328 2,619 3,088 3,474 3,492 4,632 4,656 5,211 5,238 6,948 6,984 9,264 10,422 10,476 13,896 13,968 18,721 20,844 20,952 27,792 37,442 41,688 41,904 56,163 74,884 83,376 112,326 149,768 168,489 224,652 299,536 336,978 449,304 505,467 673,956 898,608 1,010,934 1,347,912 2,021,868 2,695,824 4,043,736 and 8,087,472, with no remainder.

Since 8,087,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,087,472, 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).