Q: Is 8,673,366 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,673,366 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 8,673,366 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 17 26 31 34 39 51 62 78 93 102 186 211 221 403 422 442 527 633 663 806 1,054 1,209 1,266 1,326 1,581 2,418 2,743 3,162 3,587 5,486 6,541 6,851 7,174 8,229 10,761 13,082 13,702 16,458 19,623 20,553 21,522 39,246 41,106 46,631 85,033 93,262 111,197 139,893 170,066 222,394 255,099 279,786 333,591 510,198 667,182 1,445,561 2,891,122 4,336,683 and 8,673,366, with no remainder.

Since 8,673,366 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,673,366, 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).