Q: Is 1,000,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,000,008 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 1,000,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 19 24 34 36 38 43 51 57 68 72 76 86 102 114 129 136 152 153 171 172 204 228 258 306 323 342 344 387 408 456 516 612 646 684 731 774 817 969 1,032 1,224 1,292 1,368 1,462 1,548 1,634 1,938 2,193 2,451 2,584 2,907 2,924 3,096 3,268 3,876 4,386 4,902 5,814 5,848 6,536 6,579 7,353 7,752 8,772 9,804 11,628 13,158 13,889 14,706 17,544 19,608 23,256 26,316 27,778 29,412 41,667 52,632 55,556 58,824 83,334 111,112 125,001 166,668 250,002 333,336 500,004 and 1,000,008, with no remainder.

Since 1,000,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,000,008, 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).