Q: Is 8,648,458 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,648,458 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 8,648,458 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 13 14 19 26 38 41 61 82 91 122 133 182 247 266 287 427 494 533 574 779 793 854 1,066 1,159 1,558 1,586 1,729 2,318 2,501 3,458 3,731 5,002 5,453 5,551 7,462 8,113 10,127 10,906 11,102 15,067 16,226 17,507 20,254 30,134 32,513 35,014 47,519 65,026 70,889 95,038 105,469 141,778 210,938 227,591 332,633 455,182 617,747 665,266 1,235,494 4,324,229 and 8,648,458, with no remainder.

Since 8,648,458 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,648,458, 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).