Q: Is 8,739,816 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,739,816 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 8,739,816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 23 24 46 69 71 92 138 142 184 213 223 276 284 426 446 552 568 669 852 892 1,338 1,633 1,704 1,784 2,676 3,266 4,899 5,129 5,352 6,532 9,798 10,258 13,064 15,387 15,833 19,596 20,516 30,774 31,666 39,192 41,032 47,499 61,548 63,332 94,998 123,096 126,664 189,996 364,159 379,992 728,318 1,092,477 1,456,636 2,184,954 2,913,272 4,369,908 and 8,739,816, with no remainder.

Since 8,739,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,739,816, 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).