Q: Is 8,454,924 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,454,924 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 8,454,924 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 36 38 47 57 76 94 114 141 171 188 228 263 282 342 423 526 564 684 789 846 893 1,052 1,578 1,692 1,786 2,367 2,679 3,156 3,572 4,734 4,997 5,358 8,037 9,468 9,994 10,716 12,361 14,991 16,074 19,988 24,722 29,982 32,148 37,083 44,973 49,444 59,964 74,166 89,946 111,249 148,332 179,892 222,498 234,859 444,996 469,718 704,577 939,436 1,409,154 2,113,731 2,818,308 4,227,462 and 8,454,924, with no remainder.

Since 8,454,924 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,454,924, 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).