Q: Is 8,267,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,267,328 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 8,267,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 31 32 36 48 62 64 72 93 96 124 144 186 192 248 279 288 372 463 496 558 576 744 926 992 1,116 1,389 1,488 1,852 1,984 2,232 2,778 2,976 3,704 4,167 4,464 5,556 5,952 7,408 8,334 8,928 11,112 14,353 14,816 16,668 17,856 22,224 28,706 29,632 33,336 43,059 44,448 57,412 66,672 86,118 88,896 114,824 129,177 133,344 172,236 229,648 258,354 266,688 344,472 459,296 516,708 688,944 918,592 1,033,416 1,377,888 2,066,832 2,755,776 4,133,664 and 8,267,328, with no remainder.

Since 8,267,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,267,328, 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).