Q: Is 8,277,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,277,408 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 8,277,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 41 48 72 82 96 123 144 164 246 288 328 369 492 656 701 738 984 1,312 1,402 1,476 1,968 2,103 2,804 2,952 3,936 4,206 5,608 5,904 6,309 8,412 11,216 11,808 12,618 16,824 22,432 25,236 28,741 33,648 50,472 57,482 67,296 86,223 100,944 114,964 172,446 201,888 229,928 258,669 344,892 459,856 517,338 689,784 919,712 1,034,676 1,379,568 2,069,352 2,759,136 4,138,704 and 8,277,408, with no remainder.

Since 8,277,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,277,408, 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).