Q: Is 8,697,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,697,216 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 8,697,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 29 32 33 44 48 58 64 66 71 87 88 96 116 128 132 142 174 176 192 213 232 264 284 319 348 352 384 426 464 528 568 638 696 704 781 852 928 957 1,056 1,136 1,276 1,392 1,408 1,562 1,704 1,856 1,914 2,059 2,112 2,272 2,343 2,552 2,784 3,124 3,408 3,712 3,828 4,118 4,224 4,544 4,686 5,104 5,568 6,177 6,248 6,816 7,656 8,236 9,088 9,372 10,208 11,136 12,354 12,496 13,632 15,312 16,472 18,744 20,416 22,649 24,708 24,992 27,264 30,624 32,944 37,488 40,832 45,298 49,416 49,984 61,248 65,888 67,947 74,976 90,596 98,832 99,968 122,496 131,776 135,894 149,952 181,192 197,664 263,552 271,788 299,904 362,384 395,328 543,576 724,768 790,656 1,087,152 1,449,536 2,174,304 2,899,072 4,348,608 and 8,697,216, with no remainder.

Since 8,697,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,697,216, 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).