Q: Is 8,167,038 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,167,038 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 8,167,038 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 17 22 29 33 34 51 58 66 87 102 174 187 251 319 374 493 502 561 638 753 957 986 1,122 1,479 1,506 1,914 2,761 2,958 4,267 5,423 5,522 7,279 8,283 8,534 10,846 12,801 14,558 16,269 16,566 21,837 25,602 32,538 43,674 46,937 80,069 93,874 123,743 140,811 160,138 240,207 247,486 281,622 371,229 480,414 742,458 1,361,173 2,722,346 4,083,519 and 8,167,038, with no remainder.

Since 8,167,038 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,167,038, 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).