Q: Is 8,652,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,652,968 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 8,652,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 23 31 37 41 46 62 74 82 92 124 148 164 184 248 296 328 713 851 943 1,147 1,271 1,426 1,517 1,702 1,886 2,294 2,542 2,852 3,034 3,404 3,772 4,588 5,084 5,704 6,068 6,808 7,544 9,176 10,168 12,136 26,381 29,233 34,891 47,027 52,762 58,466 69,782 94,054 105,524 116,932 139,564 188,108 211,048 233,864 279,128 376,216 1,081,621 2,163,242 4,326,484 and 8,652,968, with no remainder.

Since 8,652,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,652,968, 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).