Q: Is 8,679,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,679,552 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 8,679,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 128 168 192 224 336 384 448 672 896 1,344 2,688 3,229 6,458 9,687 12,916 19,374 22,603 25,832 38,748 45,206 51,664 67,809 77,496 90,412 103,328 135,618 154,992 180,824 206,656 271,236 309,984 361,648 413,312 542,472 619,968 723,296 1,084,944 1,239,936 1,446,592 2,169,888 2,893,184 4,339,776 and 8,679,552, with no remainder.

Since 8,679,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,679,552, 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).