Q: Is 8,426,418 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,426,418 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 8,426,418 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 13 14 21 22 23 26 33 39 42 46 61 66 69 77 78 91 122 138 143 154 161 182 183 231 253 273 286 299 322 366 427 429 462 483 506 546 598 671 759 793 854 858 897 966 1,001 1,281 1,342 1,403 1,518 1,586 1,771 1,794 2,002 2,013 2,093 2,379 2,562 2,806 3,003 3,289 3,542 4,026 4,186 4,209 4,697 4,758 5,313 5,551 6,006 6,279 6,578 8,418 8,723 9,394 9,821 9,867 10,626 11,102 12,558 14,091 15,433 16,653 17,446 18,239 19,642 19,734 23,023 26,169 28,182 29,463 30,866 33,306 36,478 46,046 46,299 52,338 54,717 58,926 61,061 69,069 92,598 108,031 109,434 122,122 127,673 138,138 183,183 200,629 216,062 255,346 324,093 366,366 383,019 401,258 601,887 648,186 766,038 1,203,774 1,404,403 2,808,806 4,213,209 and 8,426,418, with no remainder.

Since 8,426,418 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,426,418, 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).