Q: Is 8,542,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,542,112 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 8,542,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 31 32 62 79 109 124 158 218 248 316 436 496 632 872 992 1,264 1,744 2,449 2,528 3,379 3,488 4,898 6,758 8,611 9,796 13,516 17,222 19,592 27,032 34,444 39,184 54,064 68,888 78,368 108,128 137,776 266,941 275,552 533,882 1,067,764 2,135,528 4,271,056 and 8,542,112, with no remainder.

Since 8,542,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,542,112, 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).