Q: Is 8,452,983 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,452,983 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 8,452,983 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 11 21 23 33 37 43 69 77 111 129 161 231 253 259 301 407 473 483 759 777 851 903 989 1,221 1,419 1,591 1,771 2,553 2,849 2,967 3,311 4,773 5,313 5,957 6,923 8,547 9,361 9,933 10,879 11,137 17,501 17,871 20,769 28,083 32,637 33,411 36,593 52,503 65,527 76,153 109,779 122,507 196,581 228,459 256,151 367,521 402,523 768,453 1,207,569 2,817,661 and 8,452,983, with no remainder.

Since 8,452,983 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,452,983, 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).