Q: Is 8,395,776 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,395,776 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 8,395,776 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 128 144 192 256 288 384 512 576 768 911 1,024 1,152 1,536 1,822 2,304 2,733 3,072 3,644 4,608 5,466 7,288 8,199 9,216 10,932 14,576 16,398 21,864 29,152 32,796 43,728 58,304 65,592 87,456 116,608 131,184 174,912 233,216 262,368 349,824 466,432 524,736 699,648 932,864 1,049,472 1,399,296 2,098,944 2,798,592 4,197,888 and 8,395,776, with no remainder.

Since 8,395,776 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,395,776, 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).