Composite Number/Examples/8
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Example of Composite Number
$8$ is a composite number, because:
- $8 = 4 \times 2$
and so has $1$, $2$, $4$ and $8$ as divisors.
Thus it has more than $2$ positive divisors, and hence is so classified.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): factorable: 1.
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): factorable: 1.