Q: Is 8,508,384 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,508,384 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 8,508,384 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 31 32 36 48 62 72 93 96 124 144 186 248 279 288 372 496 558 744 953 992 1,116 1,488 1,906 2,232 2,859 2,976 3,812 4,464 5,718 7,624 8,577 8,928 11,436 15,248 17,154 22,872 29,543 30,496 34,308 45,744 59,086 68,616 88,629 91,488 118,172 137,232 177,258 236,344 265,887 274,464 354,516 472,688 531,774 709,032 945,376 1,063,548 1,418,064 2,127,096 2,836,128 4,254,192 and 8,508,384, with no remainder.

Since 8,508,384 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,508,384, 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).