Q: Is 8,734,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,734,224 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 8,734,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 38 48 57 61 76 114 122 152 157 183 228 244 304 314 366 456 471 488 628 732 912 942 976 1,159 1,256 1,464 1,884 2,318 2,512 2,928 2,983 3,477 3,768 4,636 5,966 6,954 7,536 8,949 9,272 9,577 11,932 13,908 17,898 18,544 19,154 23,864 27,816 28,731 35,796 38,308 47,728 55,632 57,462 71,592 76,616 114,924 143,184 153,232 181,963 229,848 363,926 459,696 545,889 727,852 1,091,778 1,455,704 2,183,556 2,911,408 4,367,112 and 8,734,224, with no remainder.

Since 8,734,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,734,224, 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).