Q: Is 8,742,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,742,456 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 8,742,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 29 36 53 58 72 79 87 106 116 158 159 174 212 232 237 261 316 318 348 424 474 477 522 632 636 696 711 948 954 1,044 1,272 1,422 1,537 1,896 1,908 2,088 2,291 2,844 3,074 3,816 4,187 4,582 4,611 5,688 6,148 6,873 8,374 9,164 9,222 12,296 12,561 13,746 13,833 16,748 18,328 18,444 20,619 25,122 27,492 27,666 33,496 36,888 37,683 41,238 50,244 54,984 55,332 75,366 82,476 100,488 110,664 121,423 150,732 164,952 242,846 301,464 364,269 485,692 728,538 971,384 1,092,807 1,457,076 2,185,614 2,914,152 4,371,228 and 8,742,456, with no remainder.

Since 8,742,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,742,456, 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).