Q: Is 28,502,892 a Composite Number?

Why is 28,502,892 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 28,502,892 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 44 66 99 132 167 198 334 396 431 501 668 862 1,002 1,293 1,503 1,724 1,837 2,004 2,586 3,006 3,674 3,879 4,741 5,172 5,511 6,012 7,348 7,758 9,482 11,022 14,223 15,516 16,533 18,964 22,044 28,446 33,066 42,669 56,892 66,132 71,977 85,338 143,954 170,676 215,931 287,908 431,862 647,793 791,747 863,724 1,295,586 1,583,494 2,375,241 2,591,172 3,166,988 4,750,482 7,125,723 9,500,964 14,251,446 and 28,502,892, with no remainder.

Since 28,502,892 cannot be divided by just 1 and 28,502,892, 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).