Q: Is 8,982,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,982,456 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 8,982,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 84 127 168 254 381 421 508 762 842 889 1,016 1,263 1,524 1,684 1,778 2,526 2,667 2,947 3,048 3,368 3,556 5,052 5,334 5,894 7,112 8,841 10,104 10,668 11,788 17,682 21,336 23,576 35,364 53,467 70,728 106,934 160,401 213,868 320,802 374,269 427,736 641,604 748,538 1,122,807 1,283,208 1,497,076 2,245,614 2,994,152 4,491,228 and 8,982,456, with no remainder.

Since 8,982,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,982,456, 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).