Q: Is 8,700,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,700,432 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 8,700,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 39 48 52 73 78 104 146 156 191 208 219 292 312 382 438 573 584 624 764 876 949 1,146 1,168 1,528 1,752 1,898 2,292 2,483 2,847 3,056 3,504 3,796 4,584 4,966 5,694 7,449 7,592 9,168 9,932 11,388 13,943 14,898 15,184 19,864 22,776 27,886 29,796 39,728 41,829 45,552 55,772 59,592 83,658 111,544 119,184 167,316 181,259 223,088 334,632 362,518 543,777 669,264 725,036 1,087,554 1,450,072 2,175,108 2,900,144 4,350,216 and 8,700,432, with no remainder.

Since 8,700,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,700,432, 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).