Q: Is 8,289,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,289,624 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 8,289,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 19 21 24 28 38 42 49 53 56 57 76 84 98 106 114 133 147 152 159 168 196 212 228 266 294 318 343 371 392 399 424 456 532 588 636 686 742 798 931 1,007 1,029 1,064 1,113 1,176 1,272 1,372 1,484 1,596 1,862 2,014 2,058 2,226 2,597 2,744 2,793 2,968 3,021 3,192 3,724 4,028 4,116 4,452 5,194 5,586 6,042 6,517 7,049 7,448 7,791 8,056 8,232 8,904 10,388 11,172 12,084 13,034 14,098 15,582 18,179 19,551 20,776 21,147 22,344 24,168 26,068 28,196 31,164 36,358 39,102 42,294 49,343 52,136 54,537 56,392 62,328 72,716 78,204 84,588 98,686 109,074 145,432 148,029 156,408 169,176 197,372 218,148 296,058 345,401 394,744 436,296 592,116 690,802 1,036,203 1,184,232 1,381,604 2,072,406 2,763,208 4,144,812 and 8,289,624, with no remainder.

Since 8,289,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,289,624, 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).