Q: Is 8,480,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,480,376 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 8,480,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 23 24 27 36 46 54 69 72 81 92 108 138 162 184 207 216 276 324 414 552 569 621 648 828 1,138 1,242 1,656 1,707 1,863 2,276 2,484 3,414 3,726 4,552 4,968 5,121 6,828 7,452 10,242 13,087 13,656 14,904 15,363 20,484 26,174 30,726 39,261 40,968 46,089 52,348 61,452 78,522 92,178 104,696 117,783 122,904 157,044 184,356 235,566 314,088 353,349 368,712 471,132 706,698 942,264 1,060,047 1,413,396 2,120,094 2,826,792 4,240,188 and 8,480,376, with no remainder.

Since 8,480,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,480,376, 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).