Q: Is 8,355,858 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,355,858 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 8,355,858 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 19 21 37 38 42 57 74 111 114 133 222 259 266 283 399 518 566 703 777 798 849 1,406 1,554 1,698 1,981 2,109 3,962 4,218 4,921 5,377 5,943 9,842 10,471 10,754 11,886 14,763 16,131 20,942 29,526 31,413 32,262 37,639 62,826 73,297 75,278 112,917 146,594 198,949 219,891 225,834 397,898 439,782 596,847 1,193,694 1,392,643 2,785,286 4,177,929 and 8,355,858, with no remainder.

Since 8,355,858 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,355,858, 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).