Q: Is 8,482,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,482,272 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 8,482,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 96 149 298 447 593 596 894 1,186 1,192 1,779 1,788 2,372 2,384 3,558 3,576 4,744 4,768 7,116 7,152 9,488 14,232 14,304 18,976 28,464 56,928 88,357 176,714 265,071 353,428 530,142 706,856 1,060,284 1,413,712 2,120,568 2,827,424 4,241,136 and 8,482,272, with no remainder.

Since 8,482,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,482,272, 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).