Q: Is 8,430,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,430,408 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 8,430,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 42 43 56 63 72 84 86 126 129 168 172 252 258 301 344 387 389 504 516 602 774 778 903 1,032 1,167 1,204 1,548 1,556 1,806 2,334 2,408 2,709 2,723 3,096 3,112 3,501 3,612 4,668 5,418 5,446 7,002 7,224 8,169 9,336 10,836 10,892 14,004 16,338 16,727 21,672 21,784 24,507 28,008 32,676 33,454 49,014 50,181 65,352 66,908 98,028 100,362 117,089 133,816 150,543 196,056 200,724 234,178 301,086 351,267 401,448 468,356 602,172 702,534 936,712 1,053,801 1,204,344 1,405,068 2,107,602 2,810,136 4,215,204 and 8,430,408, with no remainder.

Since 8,430,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,430,408, 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).