Q: Is 8,728,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,728,824 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 8,728,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 78 101 104 156 202 277 303 312 404 554 606 808 831 1,108 1,212 1,313 1,662 2,216 2,424 2,626 3,324 3,601 3,939 5,252 6,648 7,202 7,878 10,504 10,803 14,404 15,756 21,606 27,977 28,808 31,512 43,212 55,954 83,931 86,424 111,908 167,862 223,816 335,724 363,701 671,448 727,402 1,091,103 1,454,804 2,182,206 2,909,608 4,364,412 and 8,728,824, with no remainder.

Since 8,728,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,728,824, 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).