Q: Is 28,436,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 28,436,408 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 28,436,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 22 26 28 44 52 53 56 67 77 88 91 104 106 134 143 154 182 212 268 286 308 364 371 424 469 536 572 583 616 689 728 737 742 871 938 1,001 1,144 1,166 1,378 1,474 1,484 1,742 1,876 2,002 2,332 2,756 2,948 2,968 3,484 3,551 3,752 4,004 4,081 4,664 4,823 5,159 5,512 5,896 6,097 6,968 7,102 7,579 8,008 8,162 9,581 9,646 10,318 12,194 14,204 15,158 16,324 19,162 19,292 20,636 24,388 24,857 28,408 30,316 32,648 38,324 38,584 39,061 41,272 46,163 48,776 49,714 53,053 60,632 67,067 76,648 78,122 92,326 99,428 106,106 134,134 156,244 184,652 198,856 212,212 268,268 273,427 312,488 323,141 369,304 424,424 507,793 536,536 546,854 646,282 1,015,586 1,093,708 1,292,564 2,031,172 2,187,416 2,585,128 3,554,551 4,062,344 7,109,102 14,218,204 and 28,436,408, with no remainder.

Since 28,436,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 28,436,408, 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).