Q: Is 8,488,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,488,032 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 8,488,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 17 21 24 28 32 34 42 48 51 56 68 84 96 102 112 119 136 168 204 224 238 272 336 357 408 476 544 672 714 743 816 952 1,428 1,486 1,632 1,904 2,229 2,856 2,972 3,808 4,458 5,201 5,712 5,944 8,916 10,402 11,424 11,888 12,631 15,603 17,832 20,804 23,776 25,262 31,206 35,664 37,893 41,608 50,524 62,412 71,328 75,786 83,216 88,417 101,048 124,824 151,572 166,432 176,834 202,096 249,648 265,251 303,144 353,668 404,192 499,296 530,502 606,288 707,336 1,061,004 1,212,576 1,414,672 2,122,008 2,829,344 4,244,016 and 8,488,032, with no remainder.

Since 8,488,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,488,032, 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).