Q: Is 8,727,992 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,727,992 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 8,727,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 19 26 28 38 52 56 76 91 104 133 152 182 247 266 364 494 532 631 728 988 1,064 1,262 1,729 1,976 2,524 3,458 4,417 5,048 6,916 8,203 8,834 11,989 13,832 16,406 17,668 23,978 32,812 35,336 47,956 57,421 65,624 83,923 95,912 114,842 155,857 167,846 229,684 311,714 335,692 459,368 623,428 671,384 1,090,999 1,246,856 2,181,998 4,363,996 and 8,727,992, with no remainder.

Since 8,727,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,727,992, 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).