Q: Is 8,700,822 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,700,822 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 8,700,822 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 19 26 38 39 57 78 103 114 117 171 206 234 247 309 342 361 494 618 722 741 927 1,083 1,339 1,482 1,854 1,957 2,166 2,223 2,678 3,249 3,914 4,017 4,446 4,693 5,871 6,498 8,034 9,386 11,742 12,051 14,079 17,613 24,102 25,441 28,158 35,226 37,183 42,237 50,882 74,366 76,323 84,474 111,549 152,646 223,098 228,969 334,647 457,938 483,379 669,294 966,758 1,450,137 2,900,274 4,350,411 and 8,700,822, with no remainder.

Since 8,700,822 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,700,822, 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).