Q: Is 8,703,684 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,703,684 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 8,703,684 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 31 33 36 44 62 66 93 99 124 132 186 198 279 341 372 396 558 682 709 1,023 1,116 1,364 1,418 2,046 2,127 2,836 3,069 4,092 4,254 6,138 6,381 7,799 8,508 12,276 12,762 15,598 21,979 23,397 25,524 31,196 43,958 46,794 65,937 70,191 87,916 93,588 131,874 140,382 197,811 241,769 263,748 280,764 395,622 483,538 725,307 791,244 967,076 1,450,614 2,175,921 2,901,228 4,351,842 and 8,703,684, with no remainder.

Since 8,703,684 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,703,684, 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).