Q: Is 8,337,252 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,337,252 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 8,337,252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 21 22 28 33 42 44 49 66 77 84 98 132 147 154 196 231 294 308 462 539 588 924 1,078 1,289 1,617 2,156 2,578 3,234 3,867 5,156 6,468 7,734 9,023 14,179 15,468 18,046 27,069 28,358 36,092 42,537 54,138 56,716 63,161 85,074 99,253 108,276 126,322 170,148 189,483 198,506 252,644 297,759 378,966 397,012 595,518 694,771 757,932 1,191,036 1,389,542 2,084,313 2,779,084 4,168,626 and 8,337,252, with no remainder.

Since 8,337,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,337,252, 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).