Q: Is 8,484,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,484,784 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 8,484,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 44 56 71 77 88 97 112 142 154 176 194 284 308 388 497 568 616 679 776 781 994 1,067 1,136 1,232 1,358 1,552 1,562 1,988 2,134 2,716 3,124 3,976 4,268 5,432 5,467 6,248 6,887 7,469 7,952 8,536 10,864 10,934 12,496 13,774 14,938 17,072 21,868 27,548 29,876 43,736 48,209 55,096 59,752 75,757 87,472 96,418 110,192 119,504 151,514 192,836 303,028 385,672 530,299 606,056 771,344 1,060,598 1,212,112 2,121,196 4,242,392 and 8,484,784, with no remainder.

Since 8,484,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,484,784, 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).