Q: Is 8,340,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,340,168 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 8,340,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 23 24 29 46 58 69 87 92 116 138 174 184 232 276 348 521 552 667 696 1,042 1,334 1,563 2,001 2,084 2,668 3,126 4,002 4,168 5,336 6,252 8,004 11,983 12,504 15,109 16,008 23,966 30,218 35,949 45,327 47,932 60,436 71,898 90,654 95,864 120,872 143,796 181,308 287,592 347,507 362,616 695,014 1,042,521 1,390,028 2,085,042 2,780,056 4,170,084 and 8,340,168, with no remainder.

Since 8,340,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,340,168, 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).