Q: Is 8,317,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,317,728 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 8,317,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 288 324 432 648 864 1,296 2,592 3,209 6,418 9,627 12,836 19,254 25,672 28,881 38,508 51,344 57,762 77,016 86,643 102,688 115,524 154,032 173,286 231,048 259,929 308,064 346,572 462,096 519,858 693,144 924,192 1,039,716 1,386,288 2,079,432 2,772,576 4,158,864 and 8,317,728, with no remainder.

Since 8,317,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,317,728, 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).