Q: Is 8,408,088 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,408,088 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 8,408,088 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 52 72 78 104 117 156 169 234 312 338 468 507 676 691 936 1,014 1,352 1,382 1,521 2,028 2,073 2,764 3,042 4,056 4,146 5,528 6,084 6,219 8,292 8,983 12,168 12,438 16,584 17,966 24,876 26,949 35,932 49,752 53,898 71,864 80,847 107,796 116,779 161,694 215,592 233,558 323,388 350,337 467,116 646,776 700,674 934,232 1,051,011 1,401,348 2,102,022 2,802,696 4,204,044 and 8,408,088, with no remainder.

Since 8,408,088 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,408,088, 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).