Q: Is 8,616,384 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,616,384 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 8,616,384 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 192 224 252 288 336 448 504 576 672 1,008 1,344 2,016 2,137 4,032 4,274 6,411 8,548 12,822 14,959 17,096 19,233 25,644 29,918 34,192 38,466 44,877 51,288 59,836 68,384 76,932 89,754 102,576 119,672 134,631 136,768 153,864 179,508 205,152 239,344 269,262 307,728 359,016 410,304 478,688 538,524 615,456 718,032 957,376 1,077,048 1,230,912 1,436,064 2,154,096 2,872,128 4,308,192 and 8,616,384, with no remainder.

Since 8,616,384 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,616,384, 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).