Q: Is 8,588,118 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,588,118 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 8,588,118 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 29 33 42 58 66 77 87 154 174 203 231 319 406 462 609 638 641 957 1,218 1,282 1,914 1,923 2,233 3,846 4,466 4,487 6,699 7,051 8,974 13,398 13,461 14,102 18,589 21,153 26,922 37,178 42,306 49,357 55,767 98,714 111,534 130,123 148,071 204,479 260,246 296,142 390,369 408,958 613,437 780,738 1,226,874 1,431,353 2,862,706 4,294,059 and 8,588,118, with no remainder.

Since 8,588,118 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,588,118, 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).