Q: Is 8,228,976 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,228,976 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 8,228,976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 19 21 24 28 38 42 48 56 57 76 84 112 114 133 152 168 228 266 304 336 399 456 532 798 912 1,064 1,289 1,596 2,128 2,578 3,192 3,867 5,156 6,384 7,734 9,023 10,312 15,468 18,046 20,624 24,491 27,069 30,936 36,092 48,982 54,138 61,872 72,184 73,473 97,964 108,276 144,368 146,946 171,437 195,928 216,552 293,892 342,874 391,856 433,104 514,311 587,784 685,748 1,028,622 1,175,568 1,371,496 2,057,244 2,742,992 4,114,488 and 8,228,976, with no remainder.

Since 8,228,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,228,976, 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).