Q: Is 8,248,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,248,968 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 8,248,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 18 21 24 26 28 36 39 42 52 56 63 72 78 84 91 104 117 126 156 168 182 234 252 273 312 364 468 504 546 728 819 936 1,092 1,259 1,638 2,184 2,518 3,276 3,777 5,036 6,552 7,554 8,813 10,072 11,331 15,108 16,367 17,626 22,662 26,439 30,216 32,734 35,252 45,324 49,101 52,878 65,468 70,504 79,317 90,648 98,202 105,756 114,569 130,936 147,303 158,634 196,404 211,512 229,138 294,606 317,268 343,707 392,808 458,276 589,212 634,536 687,414 916,552 1,031,121 1,178,424 1,374,828 2,062,242 2,749,656 4,124,484 and 8,248,968, with no remainder.

Since 8,248,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,248,968, 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).