Q: Is 8,673,678 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,673,678 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 8,673,678 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 26 39 78 101 117 202 234 303 367 606 734 909 1,101 1,313 1,818 2,202 2,626 3,303 3,939 4,771 6,606 7,878 9,542 11,817 14,313 23,634 28,626 37,067 42,939 74,134 85,878 111,201 222,402 333,603 481,871 667,206 963,742 1,445,613 2,891,226 4,336,839 and 8,673,678, with no remainder.

Since 8,673,678 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,673,678, 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).