Q: Is 8,754,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,754,408 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 8,754,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 47 52 72 78 94 104 117 141 156 188 199 234 282 312 376 398 423 468 564 597 611 796 846 936 1,128 1,194 1,222 1,592 1,692 1,791 1,833 2,388 2,444 2,587 3,384 3,582 3,666 4,776 4,888 5,174 5,499 7,164 7,332 7,761 9,353 10,348 10,998 14,328 14,664 15,522 18,706 20,696 21,996 23,283 28,059 31,044 37,412 43,992 46,566 56,118 62,088 74,824 84,177 93,132 112,236 121,589 168,354 186,264 224,472 243,178 336,708 364,767 486,356 673,416 729,534 972,712 1,094,301 1,459,068 2,188,602 2,918,136 4,377,204 and 8,754,408, with no remainder.

Since 8,754,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,754,408, 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).