Q: Is 8,672,832 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,672,832 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 8,672,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 32 36 42 48 54 56 63 64 72 81 84 96 108 112 126 144 162 168 189 192 216 224 239 252 288 324 336 378 432 448 478 504 567 576 648 672 717 756 864 956 1,008 1,134 1,296 1,344 1,434 1,512 1,673 1,728 1,912 2,016 2,151 2,268 2,592 2,868 3,024 3,346 3,824 4,032 4,302 4,536 5,019 5,184 5,736 6,048 6,453 6,692 7,648 8,604 9,072 10,038 11,472 12,096 12,906 13,384 15,057 15,296 17,208 18,144 19,359 20,076 22,944 25,812 26,768 30,114 34,416 36,288 38,718 40,152 45,171 45,888 51,624 53,536 60,228 68,832 77,436 80,304 90,342 103,248 107,072 120,456 135,513 137,664 154,872 160,608 180,684 206,496 240,912 271,026 309,744 321,216 361,368 412,992 481,824 542,052 619,488 722,736 963,648 1,084,104 1,238,976 1,445,472 2,168,208 2,890,944 4,336,416 and 8,672,832, with no remainder.

Since 8,672,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,672,832, 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).