Q: Is 8,124,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,124,408 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 8,124,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 29 36 54 58 72 87 108 116 174 216 232 261 348 522 696 783 1,044 1,297 1,566 2,088 2,594 3,132 3,891 5,188 6,264 7,782 10,376 11,673 15,564 23,346 31,128 35,019 37,613 46,692 70,038 75,226 93,384 112,839 140,076 150,452 225,678 280,152 300,904 338,517 451,356 677,034 902,712 1,015,551 1,354,068 2,031,102 2,708,136 4,062,204 and 8,124,408, with no remainder.

Since 8,124,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,124,408, 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).