Q: Is 8,496,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,496,792 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 8,496,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 108 139 216 278 283 417 556 566 834 849 1,112 1,132 1,251 1,668 1,698 2,264 2,502 2,547 3,336 3,396 3,753 5,004 5,094 6,792 7,506 7,641 10,008 10,188 15,012 15,282 20,376 30,024 30,564 39,337 61,128 78,674 118,011 157,348 236,022 314,696 354,033 472,044 708,066 944,088 1,062,099 1,416,132 2,124,198 2,832,264 4,248,396 and 8,496,792, with no remainder.

Since 8,496,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,496,792, 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).