Q: Is 8,344,944 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,344,944 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 8,344,944 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 47 48 54 72 81 94 108 137 141 144 162 188 216 274 282 324 376 411 423 432 548 564 648 752 822 846 1,096 1,128 1,233 1,269 1,296 1,644 1,692 2,192 2,256 2,466 2,538 3,288 3,384 3,699 3,807 4,932 5,076 6,439 6,576 6,768 7,398 7,614 9,864 10,152 11,097 12,878 14,796 15,228 19,317 19,728 20,304 22,194 25,756 29,592 30,456 38,634 44,388 51,512 57,951 59,184 60,912 77,268 88,776 103,024 115,902 154,536 173,853 177,552 231,804 309,072 347,706 463,608 521,559 695,412 927,216 1,043,118 1,390,824 2,086,236 2,781,648 4,172,472 and 8,344,944, with no remainder.

Since 8,344,944 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,344,944, 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).