Q: Is 8,372,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,372,224 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 8,372,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 73 112 128 146 224 256 292 448 511 512 584 896 1,022 1,024 1,168 1,792 2,044 2,048 2,336 3,584 4,088 4,096 4,672 7,168 8,176 8,192 9,344 14,336 16,352 16,384 18,688 28,672 32,704 37,376 57,344 65,408 74,752 114,688 130,816 149,504 261,632 299,008 523,264 598,016 1,046,528 1,196,032 2,093,056 4,186,112 and 8,372,224, with no remainder.

Since 8,372,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,372,224, 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).