Q: Is 8,378,808 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,378,808 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 8,378,808 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 23 24 43 46 69 86 92 129 138 172 184 258 276 344 353 516 552 706 989 1,032 1,059 1,412 1,978 2,118 2,824 2,967 3,956 4,236 5,934 7,912 8,119 8,472 11,868 15,179 16,238 23,736 24,357 30,358 32,476 45,537 48,714 60,716 64,952 91,074 97,428 121,432 182,148 194,856 349,117 364,296 698,234 1,047,351 1,396,468 2,094,702 2,792,936 4,189,404 and 8,378,808, with no remainder.

Since 8,378,808 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,378,808, 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).