Q: Is 8,677,746 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,677,746 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 8,677,746 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 27 33 42 54 63 66 77 99 126 154 189 198 231 297 378 462 594 693 1,386 2,079 2,087 4,158 4,174 6,261 12,522 14,609 18,783 22,957 29,218 37,566 43,827 45,914 56,349 68,871 87,654 112,698 131,481 137,742 160,699 206,613 262,962 321,398 394,443 413,226 482,097 619,839 788,886 964,194 1,239,678 1,446,291 2,892,582 4,338,873 and 8,677,746, with no remainder.

Since 8,677,746 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,677,746, 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).