Q: Is 8,749,242 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,749,242 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 8,749,242 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 29 37 54 58 74 87 111 151 174 222 261 302 333 453 522 666 783 906 999 1,073 1,359 1,566 1,998 2,146 2,718 3,219 4,077 4,379 5,587 6,438 8,154 8,758 9,657 11,174 13,137 16,761 19,314 26,274 28,971 33,522 39,411 50,283 57,942 78,822 100,566 118,233 150,849 162,023 236,466 301,698 324,046 486,069 972,138 1,458,207 2,916,414 4,374,621 and 8,749,242, with no remainder.

Since 8,749,242 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,749,242, 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).