Q: Is 8,247,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,247,456 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 8,247,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 224 252 288 336 504 672 1,008 2,016 4,091 8,182 12,273 16,364 24,546 28,637 32,728 36,819 49,092 57,274 65,456 73,638 85,911 98,184 114,548 130,912 147,276 171,822 196,368 229,096 257,733 294,552 343,644 392,736 458,192 515,466 589,104 687,288 916,384 1,030,932 1,178,208 1,374,576 2,061,864 2,749,152 4,123,728 and 8,247,456, with no remainder.

Since 8,247,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,247,456, 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).