Q: Is 8,742,096 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,742,096 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 8,742,096 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 99 132 144 176 198 264 396 528 792 1,584 5,519 11,038 16,557 22,076 33,114 44,152 49,671 60,709 66,228 88,304 99,342 121,418 132,456 182,127 198,684 242,836 264,912 364,254 397,368 485,672 546,381 728,508 794,736 971,344 1,092,762 1,457,016 2,185,524 2,914,032 4,371,048 and 8,742,096, with no remainder.

Since 8,742,096 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,742,096, 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).