Q: Is 8,246,904 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,246,904 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 8,246,904 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 24 29 34 41 51 58 68 82 87 102 116 123 136 164 174 204 232 246 289 328 348 408 492 493 578 696 697 867 984 986 1,156 1,189 1,394 1,479 1,734 1,972 2,091 2,312 2,378 2,788 2,958 3,468 3,567 3,944 4,182 4,756 5,576 5,916 6,936 7,134 8,364 8,381 9,512 11,832 11,849 14,268 16,728 16,762 20,213 23,698 25,143 28,536 33,524 35,547 40,426 47,396 50,286 60,639 67,048 71,094 80,852 94,792 100,572 121,278 142,188 161,704 201,144 242,556 284,376 343,621 485,112 687,242 1,030,863 1,374,484 2,061,726 2,748,968 4,123,452 and 8,246,904, with no remainder.

Since 8,246,904 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,246,904, 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).