Q: Is 8,559,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,559,552 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 8,559,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 109 192 218 327 409 436 654 818 872 1,227 1,308 1,636 1,744 2,454 2,616 3,272 3,488 4,908 5,232 6,544 6,976 9,816 10,464 13,088 19,632 20,928 26,176 39,264 44,581 78,528 89,162 133,743 178,324 267,486 356,648 534,972 713,296 1,069,944 1,426,592 2,139,888 2,853,184 4,279,776 and 8,559,552, with no remainder.

Since 8,559,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,559,552, 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).