Q: Is 8,245,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,245,368 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 8,245,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 59 72 108 118 177 216 236 354 472 531 647 708 1,062 1,294 1,416 1,593 1,941 2,124 2,588 3,186 3,882 4,248 5,176 5,823 6,372 7,764 11,646 12,744 15,528 17,469 23,292 34,938 38,173 46,584 69,876 76,346 114,519 139,752 152,692 229,038 305,384 343,557 458,076 687,114 916,152 1,030,671 1,374,228 2,061,342 2,748,456 4,122,684 and 8,245,368, with no remainder.

Since 8,245,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,245,368, 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).