Q: Is 8,335,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,335,728 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 8,335,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 107 144 214 321 428 541 642 856 963 1,082 1,284 1,623 1,712 1,926 2,164 2,568 3,246 3,852 4,328 4,869 5,136 6,492 7,704 8,656 9,738 12,984 15,408 19,476 25,968 38,952 57,887 77,904 115,774 173,661 231,548 347,322 463,096 520,983 694,644 926,192 1,041,966 1,389,288 2,083,932 2,778,576 4,167,864 and 8,335,728, with no remainder.

Since 8,335,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,335,728, 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).