Q: Is 8,558,004 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,558,004 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 8,558,004 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 17 21 26 28 34 39 42 51 52 68 78 84 91 102 119 156 182 204 221 238 273 357 364 442 461 476 546 663 714 884 922 1,092 1,326 1,383 1,428 1,547 1,844 2,652 2,766 3,094 3,227 4,641 5,532 5,993 6,188 6,454 7,837 9,282 9,681 11,986 12,908 15,674 17,979 18,564 19,362 23,511 23,972 31,348 35,958 38,724 41,951 47,022 54,859 71,916 83,902 94,044 101,881 109,718 125,853 164,577 167,804 203,762 219,436 251,706 305,643 329,154 407,524 503,412 611,286 658,308 713,167 1,222,572 1,426,334 2,139,501 2,852,668 4,279,002 and 8,558,004, with no remainder.

Since 8,558,004 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,558,004, 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).