Q: Is 8,397,384 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,397,384 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 8,397,384 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 43 79 86 103 129 158 172 206 237 258 309 316 344 412 474 516 618 632 824 948 1,032 1,236 1,896 2,472 3,397 4,429 6,794 8,137 8,858 10,191 13,287 13,588 16,274 17,716 20,382 24,411 26,574 27,176 32,548 35,432 40,764 48,822 53,148 65,096 81,528 97,644 106,296 195,288 349,891 699,782 1,049,673 1,399,564 2,099,346 2,799,128 4,198,692 and 8,397,384, with no remainder.

Since 8,397,384 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,397,384, 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).