Q: Is 8,684,172 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,684,172 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 8,684,172 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 49 54 63 81 84 98 108 126 147 162 189 196 252 294 324 378 441 547 567 588 756 882 1,094 1,134 1,323 1,641 1,764 2,188 2,268 2,646 3,282 3,829 3,969 4,923 5,292 6,564 7,658 7,938 9,846 11,487 14,769 15,316 15,876 19,692 22,974 26,803 29,538 34,461 44,307 45,948 53,606 59,076 68,922 80,409 88,614 103,383 107,212 137,844 160,818 177,228 206,766 241,227 310,149 321,636 413,532 482,454 620,298 723,681 964,908 1,240,596 1,447,362 2,171,043 2,894,724 4,342,086 and 8,684,172, with no remainder.

Since 8,684,172 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,684,172, 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).