Q: Is 8,741,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,741,472 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 8,741,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 32 37 46 48 69 74 92 96 107 111 138 148 184 214 222 276 296 321 368 428 444 552 592 642 736 851 856 888 1,104 1,184 1,284 1,702 1,712 1,776 2,208 2,461 2,553 2,568 3,404 3,424 3,552 3,959 4,922 5,106 5,136 6,808 7,383 7,918 9,844 10,212 10,272 11,877 13,616 14,766 15,836 19,688 20,424 23,754 27,232 29,532 31,672 39,376 40,848 47,508 59,064 63,344 78,752 81,696 91,057 95,016 118,128 126,688 182,114 190,032 236,256 273,171 364,228 380,064 546,342 728,456 1,092,684 1,456,912 2,185,368 2,913,824 4,370,736 and 8,741,472, with no remainder.

Since 8,741,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,741,472, 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).