Q: Is 8,418,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,418,536 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 8,418,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 17 28 34 37 56 68 74 119 136 148 238 239 259 296 476 478 518 629 952 956 1,036 1,258 1,673 1,912 2,072 2,516 3,346 4,063 4,403 5,032 6,692 8,126 8,806 8,843 13,384 16,252 17,612 17,686 28,441 32,504 35,224 35,372 56,882 61,901 70,744 113,764 123,802 150,331 227,528 247,604 300,662 495,208 601,324 1,052,317 1,202,648 2,104,634 4,209,268 and 8,418,536, with no remainder.

Since 8,418,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,418,536, 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).