Q: Is 8,324,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,324,784 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 8,324,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 36 39 48 52 72 78 104 117 144 156 208 234 312 468 624 936 1,872 4,447 8,894 13,341 17,788 26,682 35,576 40,023 53,364 57,811 71,152 80,046 106,728 115,622 160,092 173,433 213,456 231,244 320,184 346,866 462,488 520,299 640,368 693,732 924,976 1,040,598 1,387,464 2,081,196 2,774,928 4,162,392 and 8,324,784, with no remainder.

Since 8,324,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,324,784, 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).