Q: Is 8,444,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,444,208 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 8,444,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 38 47 48 57 76 94 114 141 152 188 197 228 282 304 376 394 456 564 591 752 788 893 912 1,128 1,182 1,576 1,786 2,256 2,364 2,679 3,152 3,572 3,743 4,728 5,358 7,144 7,486 9,259 9,456 10,716 11,229 14,288 14,972 18,518 21,432 22,458 27,777 29,944 37,036 42,864 44,916 55,554 59,888 74,072 89,832 111,108 148,144 175,921 179,664 222,216 351,842 444,432 527,763 703,684 1,055,526 1,407,368 2,111,052 2,814,736 4,222,104 and 8,444,208, with no remainder.

Since 8,444,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,444,208, 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).