Q: Is 8,751,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,751,672 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 8,751,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 31 36 54 62 72 93 108 124 186 216 248 279 372 558 744 837 1,116 1,307 1,674 2,232 2,614 3,348 3,921 5,228 6,696 7,842 10,456 11,763 15,684 23,526 31,368 35,289 40,517 47,052 70,578 81,034 94,104 121,551 141,156 162,068 243,102 282,312 324,136 364,653 486,204 729,306 972,408 1,093,959 1,458,612 2,187,918 2,917,224 4,375,836 and 8,751,672, with no remainder.

Since 8,751,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,751,672, 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).