Q: Is 8,542,116 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,542,116 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 8,542,116 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 37 44 53 66 74 99 106 111 121 132 148 159 198 212 222 242 318 333 363 396 407 444 477 484 583 636 666 726 814 954 1,089 1,166 1,221 1,332 1,452 1,628 1,749 1,908 1,961 2,178 2,332 2,442 3,498 3,663 3,922 4,356 4,477 4,884 5,247 5,883 6,413 6,996 7,326 7,844 8,954 10,494 11,766 12,826 13,431 14,652 17,649 17,908 19,239 20,988 21,571 23,532 25,652 26,862 35,298 38,478 40,293 43,142 53,724 57,717 64,713 70,596 76,956 80,586 86,284 115,434 129,426 161,172 194,139 230,868 237,281 258,852 388,278 474,562 711,843 776,556 949,124 1,423,686 2,135,529 2,847,372 4,271,058 and 8,542,116, with no remainder.

Since 8,542,116 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,542,116, 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).