Q: Is 8,385,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,385,432 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 8,385,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 23 24 33 44 46 66 69 88 92 132 138 184 253 264 276 506 552 759 1,012 1,381 1,518 2,024 2,762 3,036 4,143 5,524 6,072 8,286 11,048 15,191 16,572 30,382 31,763 33,144 45,573 60,764 63,526 91,146 95,289 121,528 127,052 182,292 190,578 254,104 349,393 364,584 381,156 698,786 762,312 1,048,179 1,397,572 2,096,358 2,795,144 4,192,716 and 8,385,432, with no remainder.

Since 8,385,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,385,432, 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).