Q: Is 8,660,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,660,784 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 8,660,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 47 48 66 88 94 132 141 176 188 264 282 349 376 517 528 564 698 752 1,034 1,047 1,128 1,396 1,551 2,068 2,094 2,256 2,792 3,102 3,839 4,136 4,188 5,584 6,204 7,678 8,272 8,376 11,517 12,408 15,356 16,403 16,752 23,034 24,816 30,712 32,806 46,068 49,209 61,424 65,612 92,136 98,418 131,224 180,433 184,272 196,836 262,448 360,866 393,672 541,299 721,732 787,344 1,082,598 1,443,464 2,165,196 2,886,928 4,330,392 and 8,660,784, with no remainder.

Since 8,660,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,660,784, 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).