Q: Is 8,584,422 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,584,422 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 8,584,422 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 17 21 22 33 34 42 51 66 77 102 119 154 187 231 238 357 374 462 561 714 1,093 1,122 1,309 2,186 2,618 3,279 3,927 6,558 7,651 7,854 12,023 15,302 18,581 22,953 24,046 36,069 37,162 45,906 55,743 72,138 84,161 111,486 130,067 168,322 204,391 252,483 260,134 390,201 408,782 504,966 613,173 780,402 1,226,346 1,430,737 2,861,474 4,292,211 and 8,584,422, with no remainder.

Since 8,584,422 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,584,422, 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).