Q: Is 8,215,992 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,215,992 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 8,215,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 31 36 54 62 72 81 93 108 124 162 186 216 248 279 324 372 409 558 648 744 818 837 1,116 1,227 1,636 1,674 2,232 2,454 2,511 3,272 3,348 3,681 4,908 5,022 6,696 7,362 9,816 10,044 11,043 12,679 14,724 20,088 22,086 25,358 29,448 33,129 38,037 44,172 50,716 66,258 76,074 88,344 101,432 114,111 132,516 152,148 228,222 265,032 304,296 342,333 456,444 684,666 912,888 1,026,999 1,369,332 2,053,998 2,738,664 4,107,996 and 8,215,992, with no remainder.

Since 8,215,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,215,992, 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).