Q: Is 8,539,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,539,488 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 8,539,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 96 144 149 199 288 298 398 447 596 597 796 894 1,192 1,194 1,341 1,592 1,788 1,791 2,384 2,388 2,682 3,184 3,576 3,582 4,768 4,776 5,364 6,368 7,152 7,164 9,552 10,728 14,304 14,328 19,104 21,456 28,656 29,651 42,912 57,312 59,302 88,953 118,604 177,906 237,208 266,859 355,812 474,416 533,718 711,624 948,832 1,067,436 1,423,248 2,134,872 2,846,496 4,269,744 and 8,539,488, with no remainder.

Since 8,539,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,539,488, 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).