Q: Is 28,366,688 a Composite Number?

Why is 28,366,688 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 28,366,688 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 49 56 79 98 112 158 196 224 229 316 392 458 553 632 784 916 1,106 1,264 1,568 1,603 1,832 2,212 2,528 3,206 3,664 3,871 4,424 6,412 7,328 7,742 8,848 11,221 12,824 15,484 17,696 18,091 22,442 25,648 30,968 36,182 44,884 51,296 61,936 72,364 89,768 123,872 126,637 144,728 179,536 253,274 289,456 359,072 506,548 578,912 886,459 1,013,096 1,772,918 2,026,192 3,545,836 4,052,384 7,091,672 14,183,344 and 28,366,688, with no remainder.

Since 28,366,688 cannot be divided by just 1 and 28,366,688, 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).