Q: Is 8,471,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,471,456 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 8,471,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 59 112 118 224 236 413 472 641 826 944 1,282 1,652 1,888 2,564 3,304 4,487 5,128 6,608 8,974 10,256 13,216 17,948 20,512 35,896 37,819 71,792 75,638 143,584 151,276 264,733 302,552 529,466 605,104 1,058,932 1,210,208 2,117,864 4,235,728 and 8,471,456, with no remainder.

Since 8,471,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,471,456, 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).