Q: Is 8,709,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,709,888 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 8,709,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 64 66 88 96 128 132 176 192 256 264 352 384 528 704 768 1,031 1,056 1,408 2,062 2,112 2,816 3,093 4,124 4,224 6,186 8,248 8,448 11,341 12,372 16,496 22,682 24,744 32,992 34,023 45,364 49,488 65,984 68,046 90,728 98,976 131,968 136,092 181,456 197,952 263,936 272,184 362,912 395,904 544,368 725,824 791,808 1,088,736 1,451,648 2,177,472 2,903,296 4,354,944 and 8,709,888, with no remainder.

Since 8,709,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,709,888, 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).