Q: Is 8,741,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,741,448 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 8,741,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 167 334 501 668 727 1,002 1,336 1,454 1,503 2,004 2,181 2,908 3,006 4,008 4,362 5,816 6,012 6,543 8,724 12,024 13,086 17,448 26,172 52,344 121,409 242,818 364,227 485,636 728,454 971,272 1,092,681 1,456,908 2,185,362 2,913,816 4,370,724 and 8,741,448, with no remainder.

Since 8,741,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,741,448, 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).