Q: Is 8,713,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,713,248 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 8,713,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 19 24 32 34 38 48 51 57 68 76 96 102 114 136 152 204 228 272 281 304 323 408 456 544 562 608 646 816 843 912 969 1,124 1,292 1,632 1,686 1,824 1,938 2,248 2,584 3,372 3,876 4,496 4,777 5,168 5,339 6,744 7,752 8,992 9,554 10,336 10,678 13,488 14,331 15,504 16,017 19,108 21,356 26,976 28,662 31,008 32,034 38,216 42,712 57,324 64,068 76,432 85,424 90,763 114,648 128,136 152,864 170,848 181,526 229,296 256,272 272,289 363,052 458,592 512,544 544,578 726,104 1,089,156 1,452,208 2,178,312 2,904,416 4,356,624 and 8,713,248, with no remainder.

Since 8,713,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,713,248, 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).