Q: Is 8,685,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,685,824 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 8,685,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 37 56 64 74 112 128 131 148 224 256 259 262 296 448 518 524 592 896 917 1,036 1,048 1,184 1,792 1,834 2,072 2,096 2,368 3,668 4,144 4,192 4,736 4,847 7,336 8,288 8,384 9,472 9,694 14,672 16,576 16,768 19,388 29,344 33,152 33,536 33,929 38,776 58,688 66,304 67,858 77,552 117,376 135,716 155,104 234,752 271,432 310,208 542,864 620,416 1,085,728 1,240,832 2,171,456 4,342,912 and 8,685,824, with no remainder.

Since 8,685,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,685,824, 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).