Q: Is 8,372,322 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,372,322 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 8,372,322 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 23 27 42 46 54 63 69 81 107 126 138 161 162 189 207 214 243 321 322 378 414 483 486 567 621 642 749 963 966 1,134 1,242 1,449 1,498 1,701 1,863 1,926 2,247 2,461 2,889 2,898 3,402 3,726 4,347 4,494 4,922 5,589 5,778 6,741 7,383 8,667 8,694 11,178 13,041 13,482 14,766 17,227 17,334 20,223 22,149 26,001 26,082 34,454 39,123 40,446 44,298 51,681 52,002 60,669 66,447 78,246 103,362 121,338 132,894 155,043 182,007 199,341 310,086 364,014 398,682 465,129 598,023 930,258 1,196,046 1,395,387 2,790,774 4,186,161 and 8,372,322, with no remainder.

Since 8,372,322 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,372,322, 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).