Q: Is 8,292,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,292,736 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 8,292,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 32 34 37 64 68 74 103 128 136 148 206 272 296 412 544 592 629 824 1,088 1,184 1,258 1,648 1,751 2,176 2,368 2,516 3,296 3,502 3,811 4,736 5,032 6,592 7,004 7,622 10,064 13,184 14,008 15,244 20,128 28,016 30,488 40,256 56,032 60,976 64,787 80,512 112,064 121,952 129,574 224,128 243,904 259,148 487,808 518,296 1,036,592 2,073,184 4,146,368 and 8,292,736, with no remainder.

Since 8,292,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,292,736, 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).