Q: Is 8,626,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,626,608 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 8,626,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 27 36 38 48 54 57 72 76 108 114 144 152 171 216 228 304 342 432 456 513 684 912 1,026 1,051 1,368 2,052 2,102 2,736 3,153 4,104 4,204 6,306 8,208 8,408 9,459 12,612 16,816 18,918 19,969 25,224 28,377 37,836 39,938 50,448 56,754 59,907 75,672 79,876 113,508 119,814 151,344 159,752 179,721 227,016 239,628 319,504 359,442 454,032 479,256 539,163 718,884 958,512 1,078,326 1,437,768 2,156,652 2,875,536 4,313,304 and 8,626,608, with no remainder.

Since 8,626,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,626,608, 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).