Q: Is 8,238,348 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,238,348 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 8,238,348 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 47 54 81 94 108 141 162 188 282 324 423 541 564 846 1,082 1,269 1,623 1,692 2,164 2,538 3,246 3,807 4,869 5,076 6,492 7,614 9,738 14,607 15,228 19,476 25,427 29,214 43,821 50,854 58,428 76,281 87,642 101,708 152,562 175,284 228,843 305,124 457,686 686,529 915,372 1,373,058 2,059,587 2,746,116 4,119,174 and 8,238,348, with no remainder.

Since 8,238,348 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,238,348, 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).