Q: Is 8,243,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,243,712 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 8,243,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 128 144 192 256 288 384 512 576 768 1,152 1,536 1,789 2,304 3,578 4,608 5,367 7,156 10,734 14,312 16,101 21,468 28,624 32,202 42,936 57,248 64,404 85,872 114,496 128,808 171,744 228,992 257,616 343,488 457,984 515,232 686,976 915,968 1,030,464 1,373,952 2,060,928 2,747,904 4,121,856 and 8,243,712, with no remainder.

Since 8,243,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,243,712, 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).