Q: Is 8,555,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,555,016 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 8,555,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 24 38 57 73 76 114 146 152 219 228 257 292 438 456 514 584 771 876 1,028 1,387 1,542 1,752 2,056 2,774 3,084 4,161 4,883 5,548 6,168 8,322 9,766 11,096 14,649 16,644 18,761 19,532 29,298 33,288 37,522 39,064 56,283 58,596 75,044 112,566 117,192 150,088 225,132 356,459 450,264 712,918 1,069,377 1,425,836 2,138,754 2,851,672 4,277,508 and 8,555,016, with no remainder.

Since 8,555,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,555,016, 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).