Q: Is 847,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 847,008 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 847,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 32 34 36 48 51 68 72 96 102 136 144 153 173 204 272 288 306 346 408 519 544 612 692 816 1,038 1,224 1,384 1,557 1,632 2,076 2,448 2,768 2,941 3,114 4,152 4,896 5,536 5,882 6,228 8,304 8,823 11,764 12,456 16,608 17,646 23,528 24,912 26,469 35,292 47,056 49,824 52,938 70,584 94,112 105,876 141,168 211,752 282,336 423,504 and 847,008, with no remainder.

Since 847,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 847,008, 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).