Q: Is 8,743,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,743,224 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 8,743,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 71 84 142 168 213 284 426 497 568 733 852 994 1,466 1,491 1,704 1,988 2,199 2,932 2,982 3,976 4,398 5,131 5,864 5,964 8,796 10,262 11,928 15,393 17,592 20,524 30,786 41,048 52,043 61,572 104,086 123,144 156,129 208,172 312,258 364,301 416,344 624,516 728,602 1,092,903 1,249,032 1,457,204 2,185,806 2,914,408 4,371,612 and 8,743,224, with no remainder.

Since 8,743,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,743,224, 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).