Q: Is 8,335,548 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,335,548 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 8,335,548 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 78 81 108 117 156 162 234 324 351 468 702 1,053 1,404 1,979 2,106 3,958 4,212 5,937 7,916 11,874 17,811 23,748 25,727 35,622 51,454 53,433 71,244 77,181 102,908 106,866 154,362 160,299 213,732 231,543 308,724 320,598 463,086 641,196 694,629 926,172 1,389,258 2,083,887 2,778,516 4,167,774 and 8,335,548, with no remainder.

Since 8,335,548 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,335,548, 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).