Q: Is 8,352,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,352,168 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 8,352,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 17 22 24 33 34 44 51 66 68 88 102 132 136 187 204 264 374 408 561 748 1,122 1,496 1,861 2,244 3,722 4,488 5,583 7,444 11,166 14,888 20,471 22,332 31,637 40,942 44,664 61,413 63,274 81,884 94,911 122,826 126,548 163,768 189,822 245,652 253,096 348,007 379,644 491,304 696,014 759,288 1,044,021 1,392,028 2,088,042 2,784,056 4,176,084 and 8,352,168, with no remainder.

Since 8,352,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,352,168, 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).