Q: Is 8,687,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,687,736 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 8,687,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 41 54 72 81 82 108 109 123 162 164 216 218 243 246 324 327 328 369 436 486 492 648 654 738 872 972 981 984 1,107 1,308 1,476 1,944 1,962 2,214 2,616 2,943 2,952 3,321 3,924 4,428 4,469 5,886 6,642 7,848 8,829 8,856 8,938 9,963 11,772 13,284 13,407 17,658 17,876 19,926 23,544 26,487 26,568 26,814 35,316 35,752 39,852 40,221 52,974 53,628 70,632 79,704 80,442 105,948 107,256 120,663 160,884 211,896 241,326 321,768 361,989 482,652 723,978 965,304 1,085,967 1,447,956 2,171,934 2,895,912 4,343,868 and 8,687,736, with no remainder.

Since 8,687,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,687,736, 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).