Q: Is 8,434,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,434,712 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 8,434,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 22 26 44 52 73 88 101 104 143 146 202 286 292 404 572 584 803 808 949 1,111 1,144 1,313 1,606 1,898 2,222 2,626 3,212 3,796 4,444 5,252 6,424 7,373 7,592 8,888 10,439 10,504 14,443 14,746 20,878 28,886 29,492 41,756 57,772 58,984 81,103 83,512 95,849 115,544 162,206 191,698 324,412 383,396 648,824 766,792 1,054,339 2,108,678 4,217,356 and 8,434,712, with no remainder.

Since 8,434,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,434,712, 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).