Q: Is 8,717,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,717,016 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 8,717,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 53 56 66 77 84 88 89 106 132 154 159 168 178 212 231 264 267 308 318 356 371 424 462 534 583 616 623 636 712 742 924 979 1,068 1,113 1,166 1,246 1,272 1,484 1,749 1,848 1,869 1,958 2,136 2,226 2,332 2,492 2,937 2,968 3,498 3,738 3,916 4,081 4,452 4,664 4,717 4,984 5,874 6,853 6,996 7,476 7,832 8,162 8,904 9,434 11,748 12,243 13,706 13,992 14,151 14,952 16,324 18,868 20,559 23,496 24,486 27,412 28,302 32,648 33,019 37,736 41,118 48,972 51,887 54,824 56,604 66,038 82,236 97,944 99,057 103,774 113,208 132,076 155,661 164,472 198,114 207,548 264,152 311,322 363,209 396,228 415,096 622,644 726,418 792,456 1,089,627 1,245,288 1,452,836 2,179,254 2,905,672 4,358,508 and 8,717,016, with no remainder.

Since 8,717,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,717,016, 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).