Q: Is 8,484,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,484,216 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 8,484,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 71 78 104 142 156 213 284 312 383 426 568 766 852 923 1,149 1,532 1,704 1,846 2,298 2,769 3,064 3,692 4,596 4,979 5,538 7,384 9,192 9,958 11,076 14,937 19,916 22,152 27,193 29,874 39,832 54,386 59,748 81,579 108,772 119,496 163,158 217,544 326,316 353,509 652,632 707,018 1,060,527 1,414,036 2,121,054 2,828,072 4,242,108 and 8,484,216, with no remainder.

Since 8,484,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,484,216, 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).