Q: Is 8,538,372 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,538,372 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 8,538,372 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 27 36 38 54 57 73 76 81 108 114 146 162 171 219 228 292 324 342 361 438 513 657 684 722 876 1,026 1,083 1,314 1,387 1,444 1,539 1,971 2,052 2,166 2,628 2,774 3,078 3,249 3,942 4,161 4,332 5,548 5,913 6,156 6,498 7,884 8,322 9,747 11,826 12,483 12,996 16,644 19,494 23,652 24,966 26,353 29,241 37,449 38,988 49,932 52,706 58,482 74,898 79,059 105,412 112,347 116,964 149,796 158,118 224,694 237,177 316,236 449,388 474,354 711,531 948,708 1,423,062 2,134,593 2,846,124 4,269,186 and 8,538,372, with no remainder.

Since 8,538,372 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,538,372, 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).