Q: Is 8,703,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,703,648 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 8,703,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 47 48 72 94 96 141 144 188 282 288 376 423 564 643 752 846 1,128 1,286 1,504 1,692 1,929 2,256 2,572 3,384 3,858 4,512 5,144 5,787 6,768 7,716 10,288 11,574 13,536 15,432 20,576 23,148 30,221 30,864 46,296 60,442 61,728 90,663 92,592 120,884 181,326 185,184 241,768 271,989 362,652 483,536 543,978 725,304 967,072 1,087,956 1,450,608 2,175,912 2,901,216 4,351,824 and 8,703,648, with no remainder.

Since 8,703,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,703,648, 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).