Q: Is 8,628,816 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,628,816 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 8,628,816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 61 84 112 122 168 183 244 336 366 421 427 488 732 842 854 976 1,263 1,281 1,464 1,684 1,708 2,526 2,562 2,928 2,947 3,368 3,416 5,052 5,124 5,894 6,736 6,832 8,841 10,104 10,248 11,788 17,682 20,208 20,496 23,576 25,681 35,364 47,152 51,362 70,728 77,043 102,724 141,456 154,086 179,767 205,448 308,172 359,534 410,896 539,301 616,344 719,068 1,078,602 1,232,688 1,438,136 2,157,204 2,876,272 4,314,408 and 8,628,816, with no remainder.

Since 8,628,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,628,816, 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).