Q: Is 8,230,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,230,248 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 8,230,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 81 104 108 117 156 162 216 234 312 324 351 468 648 702 936 977 1,053 1,404 1,954 2,106 2,808 2,931 3,908 4,212 5,862 7,816 8,424 8,793 11,724 12,701 17,586 23,448 25,402 26,379 35,172 38,103 50,804 52,758 70,344 76,206 79,137 101,608 105,516 114,309 152,412 158,274 211,032 228,618 304,824 316,548 342,927 457,236 633,096 685,854 914,472 1,028,781 1,371,708 2,057,562 2,743,416 4,115,124 and 8,230,248, with no remainder.

Since 8,230,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,230,248, 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).