Q: Is 8,478,108 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,478,108 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 8,478,108 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 81 108 137 162 191 274 324 382 411 548 573 764 822 1,146 1,233 1,644 1,719 2,292 2,466 3,438 3,699 4,932 5,157 6,876 7,398 10,314 11,097 14,796 15,471 20,628 22,194 26,167 30,942 44,388 52,334 61,884 78,501 104,668 157,002 235,503 314,004 471,006 706,509 942,012 1,413,018 2,119,527 2,826,036 4,239,054 and 8,478,108, with no remainder.

Since 8,478,108 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,478,108, 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).