Q: Is 8,301,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,301,168 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 8,301,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 34 36 48 51 68 72 102 136 144 153 204 272 306 408 612 816 1,224 2,448 3,391 6,782 10,173 13,564 20,346 27,128 30,519 40,692 54,256 57,647 61,038 81,384 115,294 122,076 162,768 172,941 230,588 244,152 345,882 461,176 488,304 518,823 691,764 922,352 1,037,646 1,383,528 2,075,292 2,767,056 4,150,584 and 8,301,168, with no remainder.

Since 8,301,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,301,168, 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).