Q: Is 8,642,986 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,642,986 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 8,642,986 can be evenly divided by 1 2 11 19 22 23 29 31 38 46 58 62 209 253 319 341 418 437 506 551 589 638 667 682 713 874 899 1,102 1,178 1,334 1,426 1,798 4,807 6,061 6,479 7,337 7,843 9,614 9,889 12,122 12,673 12,958 13,547 14,674 15,686 17,081 19,778 20,677 25,346 27,094 34,162 41,354 139,403 149,017 187,891 227,447 278,806 298,034 375,782 392,863 454,894 785,726 4,321,493 and 8,642,986, with no remainder.

Since 8,642,986 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,642,986, 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).