Q: Is 8,747,452 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,747,452 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 8,747,452 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 17 23 28 34 46 47 68 92 94 119 161 188 238 289 322 329 391 476 578 644 658 782 799 1,081 1,156 1,316 1,564 1,598 2,023 2,162 2,737 3,196 4,046 4,324 5,474 5,593 6,647 7,567 8,092 10,948 11,186 13,294 13,583 15,134 18,377 22,372 26,588 27,166 30,268 36,754 46,529 54,332 73,508 93,058 95,081 128,639 186,116 190,162 257,278 312,409 380,324 514,556 624,818 1,249,636 2,186,863 4,373,726 and 8,747,452, with no remainder.

Since 8,747,452 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,747,452, 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).