Q: Is 8,642,088 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,642,088 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 8,642,088 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 18 21 24 26 28 36 39 42 52 56 63 72 78 84 91 104 117 126 156 168 182 234 252 273 312 364 468 504 546 728 819 936 1,092 1,319 1,638 2,184 2,638 3,276 3,957 5,276 6,552 7,914 9,233 10,552 11,871 15,828 17,147 18,466 23,742 27,699 31,656 34,294 36,932 47,484 51,441 55,398 68,588 73,864 83,097 94,968 102,882 110,796 120,029 137,176 154,323 166,194 205,764 221,592 240,058 308,646 332,388 360,087 411,528 480,116 617,292 664,776 720,174 960,232 1,080,261 1,234,584 1,440,348 2,160,522 2,880,696 4,321,044 and 8,642,088, with no remainder.

Since 8,642,088 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,642,088, 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).