Q: Is 8,750,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,750,616 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 8,750,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 49 56 84 98 147 168 196 294 343 392 588 686 1,029 1,063 1,176 1,372 2,058 2,126 2,744 3,189 4,116 4,252 6,378 7,441 8,232 8,504 12,756 14,882 22,323 25,512 29,764 44,646 52,087 59,528 89,292 104,174 156,261 178,584 208,348 312,522 364,609 416,696 625,044 729,218 1,093,827 1,250,088 1,458,436 2,187,654 2,916,872 4,375,308 and 8,750,616, with no remainder.

Since 8,750,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,750,616, 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).