Q: Is 28,430,808 a Composite Number?

Why is 28,430,808 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 28,430,808 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 84 168 229 458 687 739 916 1,374 1,478 1,603 1,832 2,217 2,748 2,956 3,206 4,434 4,809 5,173 5,496 5,912 6,412 8,868 9,618 10,346 12,824 15,519 17,736 19,236 20,692 31,038 38,472 41,384 62,076 124,152 169,231 338,462 507,693 676,924 1,015,386 1,184,617 1,353,848 2,030,772 2,369,234 3,553,851 4,061,544 4,738,468 7,107,702 9,476,936 14,215,404 and 28,430,808, with no remainder.

Since 28,430,808 cannot be divided by just 1 and 28,430,808, 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).