Q: Is 8,532,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,532,608 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 8,532,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 89 107 112 128 178 214 224 356 428 448 623 712 749 856 896 1,246 1,424 1,498 1,712 2,492 2,848 2,996 3,424 4,984 5,696 5,992 6,848 9,523 9,968 11,392 11,984 13,696 19,046 19,936 23,968 38,092 39,872 47,936 66,661 76,184 79,744 95,872 133,322 152,368 266,644 304,736 533,288 609,472 1,066,576 1,218,944 2,133,152 4,266,304 and 8,532,608, with no remainder.

Since 8,532,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,532,608, 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).