Q: Is 8,135,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,135,736 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 8,135,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 79 84 158 168 237 316 474 553 613 632 948 1,106 1,226 1,659 1,839 1,896 2,212 2,452 3,318 3,678 4,291 4,424 4,904 6,636 7,356 8,582 12,873 13,272 14,712 17,164 25,746 34,328 48,427 51,492 96,854 102,984 145,281 193,708 290,562 338,989 387,416 581,124 677,978 1,016,967 1,162,248 1,355,956 2,033,934 2,711,912 4,067,868 and 8,135,736, with no remainder.

Since 8,135,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,135,736, 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).