Q: Is 8,421,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,421,952 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 8,421,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 32 44 56 64 77 88 112 154 176 224 308 352 448 616 704 1,232 1,709 2,464 3,418 4,928 6,836 11,963 13,672 18,799 23,926 27,344 37,598 47,852 54,688 75,196 95,704 109,376 131,593 150,392 191,408 263,186 300,784 382,816 526,372 601,568 765,632 1,052,744 1,203,136 2,105,488 4,210,976 and 8,421,952, with no remainder.

Since 8,421,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,421,952, 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).