Q: Is 8,446,746 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,446,746 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 8,446,746 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 33 42 47 66 77 94 141 154 231 282 329 389 462 517 658 778 987 1,034 1,167 1,551 1,974 2,334 2,723 3,102 3,619 4,279 5,446 7,238 8,169 8,558 10,857 12,837 16,338 18,283 21,714 25,674 29,953 36,566 54,849 59,906 89,859 109,698 127,981 179,718 201,113 255,962 383,943 402,226 603,339 767,886 1,206,678 1,407,791 2,815,582 4,223,373 and 8,446,746, with no remainder.

Since 8,446,746 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,446,746, 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).