Q: Is 8,430,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,430,744 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 8,430,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 49 56 67 84 98 107 134 147 168 196 201 214 268 294 321 392 402 428 469 536 588 642 749 804 856 938 1,176 1,284 1,407 1,498 1,608 1,876 2,247 2,568 2,814 2,996 3,283 3,752 4,494 5,243 5,628 5,992 6,566 7,169 8,988 9,849 10,486 11,256 13,132 14,338 15,729 17,976 19,698 20,972 21,507 26,264 28,676 31,458 39,396 41,944 43,014 50,183 57,352 62,916 78,792 86,028 100,366 125,832 150,549 172,056 200,732 301,098 351,281 401,464 602,196 702,562 1,053,843 1,204,392 1,405,124 2,107,686 2,810,248 4,215,372 and 8,430,744, with no remainder.

Since 8,430,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,430,744, 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).