Q: Is 8,101,372 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,101,372 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 8,101,372 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 19 37 38 43 67 74 76 86 134 148 172 268 703 817 1,273 1,406 1,591 1,634 2,479 2,546 2,812 2,881 3,182 3,268 4,958 5,092 5,762 6,364 9,916 11,524 30,229 47,101 54,739 60,458 94,202 106,597 109,478 120,916 188,404 213,194 218,956 426,388 2,025,343 4,050,686 and 8,101,372, with no remainder.

Since 8,101,372 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,101,372, 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).