Q: Is 8,431,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,431,368 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 8,431,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 66 88 109 132 218 264 293 327 436 586 654 872 879 1,172 1,199 1,308 1,758 2,344 2,398 2,616 3,223 3,516 3,597 4,796 6,446 7,032 7,194 9,592 9,669 12,892 14,388 19,338 25,784 28,776 31,937 38,676 63,874 77,352 95,811 127,748 191,622 255,496 351,307 383,244 702,614 766,488 1,053,921 1,405,228 2,107,842 2,810,456 4,215,684 and 8,431,368, with no remainder.

Since 8,431,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,431,368, 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).