Q: Is 8,528,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,528,112 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 8,528,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 27 36 38 48 54 57 72 76 108 114 144 152 171 216 228 304 342 432 456 513 684 912 1,026 1,039 1,368 2,052 2,078 2,736 3,117 4,104 4,156 6,234 8,208 8,312 9,351 12,468 16,624 18,702 19,741 24,936 28,053 37,404 39,482 49,872 56,106 59,223 74,808 78,964 112,212 118,446 149,616 157,928 177,669 224,424 236,892 315,856 355,338 448,848 473,784 533,007 710,676 947,568 1,066,014 1,421,352 2,132,028 2,842,704 4,264,056 and 8,528,112, with no remainder.

Since 8,528,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,528,112, 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).