Q: Is 8,340,228 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,340,228 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 8,340,228 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 39 52 71 78 117 142 156 213 234 251 284 426 468 502 639 753 852 923 1,004 1,278 1,506 1,846 2,259 2,556 2,769 3,012 3,263 3,692 4,518 5,538 6,526 8,307 9,036 9,789 11,076 13,052 16,614 17,821 19,578 29,367 33,228 35,642 39,156 53,463 58,734 71,284 106,926 117,468 160,389 213,852 231,673 320,778 463,346 641,556 695,019 926,692 1,390,038 2,085,057 2,780,076 4,170,114 and 8,340,228, with no remainder.

Since 8,340,228 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,340,228, 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).