Q: Is 8,603,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,603,448 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 8,603,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 83 84 166 168 249 332 498 581 617 664 996 1,162 1,234 1,743 1,851 1,992 2,324 2,468 3,486 3,702 4,319 4,648 4,936 6,972 7,404 8,638 12,957 13,944 14,808 17,276 25,914 34,552 51,211 51,828 102,422 103,656 153,633 204,844 307,266 358,477 409,688 614,532 716,954 1,075,431 1,229,064 1,433,908 2,150,862 2,867,816 4,301,724 and 8,603,448, with no remainder.

Since 8,603,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,603,448, 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).