Q: Is 8,490,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,490,608 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 8,490,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 41 43 56 82 86 112 164 172 287 301 328 344 574 602 656 688 1,148 1,204 1,763 1,849 2,296 2,408 3,526 3,698 4,592 4,816 7,052 7,396 12,341 12,943 14,104 14,792 24,682 25,886 28,208 29,584 49,364 51,772 75,809 98,728 103,544 151,618 197,456 207,088 303,236 530,663 606,472 1,061,326 1,212,944 2,122,652 4,245,304 and 8,490,608, with no remainder.

Since 8,490,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,490,608, 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).