Q: Is 8,497,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,497,008 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 8,497,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 17 18 24 26 27 34 36 39 48 51 52 54 68 72 78 89 102 104 108 117 136 144 153 156 178 204 208 216 221 234 267 272 306 312 351 356 408 432 442 459 468 534 612 624 663 702 712 801 816 884 918 936 1,068 1,157 1,224 1,326 1,404 1,424 1,513 1,602 1,768 1,836 1,872 1,989 2,136 2,314 2,403 2,448 2,652 2,808 3,026 3,204 3,471 3,536 3,672 3,978 4,272 4,539 4,628 4,806 5,304 5,616 5,967 6,052 6,408 6,942 7,344 7,956 9,078 9,256 9,612 10,413 10,608 11,934 12,104 12,816 13,617 13,884 15,912 18,156 18,512 19,224 19,669 20,826 23,868 24,208 27,234 27,768 31,239 31,824 36,312 38,448 39,338 40,851 41,652 47,736 54,468 55,536 59,007 62,478 72,624 78,676 81,702 83,304 95,472 108,936 118,014 124,956 157,352 163,404 166,608 177,021 217,872 236,028 249,912 314,704 326,808 354,042 472,056 499,824 531,063 653,616 708,084 944,112 1,062,126 1,416,168 2,124,252 2,832,336 4,248,504 and 8,497,008, with no remainder.

Since 8,497,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,497,008, 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).