Q: Is 8,438,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,438,736 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 8,438,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 38 48 57 76 114 152 228 304 361 456 487 722 912 974 1,083 1,444 1,461 1,948 2,166 2,888 2,922 3,896 4,332 5,776 5,844 7,792 8,664 9,253 11,688 17,328 18,506 23,376 27,759 37,012 55,518 74,024 111,036 148,048 175,807 222,072 351,614 444,144 527,421 703,228 1,054,842 1,406,456 2,109,684 2,812,912 4,219,368 and 8,438,736, with no remainder.

Since 8,438,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,438,736, 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).