Q: Is 8,499,348 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,499,348 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 8,499,348 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 18 22 26 33 36 39 44 52 66 78 99 117 127 132 143 156 169 198 234 254 286 338 381 396 429 468 507 508 572 676 762 858 1,014 1,143 1,287 1,397 1,521 1,524 1,651 1,716 1,859 2,028 2,286 2,574 2,794 3,042 3,302 3,718 4,191 4,572 4,953 5,148 5,577 5,588 6,084 6,604 7,436 8,382 9,906 11,154 12,573 14,859 16,731 16,764 18,161 19,812 21,463 22,308 25,146 29,718 33,462 36,322 42,926 50,292 54,483 59,436 64,389 66,924 72,644 85,852 108,966 128,778 163,449 193,167 217,932 236,093 257,556 326,898 386,334 472,186 653,796 708,279 772,668 944,372 1,416,558 2,124,837 2,833,116 4,249,674 and 8,499,348, with no remainder.

Since 8,499,348 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,499,348, 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).