Q: Is 8,709,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,709,504 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 8,709,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 37 48 64 74 96 111 128 148 192 222 296 384 444 592 613 888 1,184 1,226 1,776 1,839 2,368 2,452 3,552 3,678 4,736 4,904 7,104 7,356 9,808 14,208 14,712 19,616 22,681 29,424 39,232 45,362 58,848 68,043 78,464 90,724 117,696 136,086 181,448 235,392 272,172 362,896 544,344 725,792 1,088,688 1,451,584 2,177,376 2,903,168 4,354,752 and 8,709,504, with no remainder.

Since 8,709,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,709,504, 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).