Q: Is 8,602,308 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,602,308 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 8,602,308 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 18 22 26 27 33 36 39 44 52 54 66 78 99 108 117 132 143 156 198 234 286 297 351 396 429 468 557 572 594 702 858 1,114 1,188 1,287 1,404 1,671 1,716 2,228 2,574 3,342 3,861 5,013 5,148 6,127 6,684 7,241 7,722 10,026 12,254 14,482 15,039 15,444 18,381 20,052 21,723 24,508 28,964 30,078 36,762 43,446 55,143 60,156 65,169 73,524 79,651 86,892 110,286 130,338 159,302 165,429 195,507 220,572 238,953 260,676 318,604 330,858 391,014 477,906 661,716 716,859 782,028 955,812 1,433,718 2,150,577 2,867,436 4,301,154 and 8,602,308, with no remainder.

Since 8,602,308 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,602,308, 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).