Q: Is 8,740,944 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,740,944 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 8,740,944 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 101 144 202 303 404 601 606 808 909 1,202 1,212 1,616 1,803 1,818 2,404 2,424 3,606 3,636 4,808 4,848 5,409 7,212 7,272 9,616 10,818 14,424 14,544 21,636 28,848 43,272 60,701 86,544 121,402 182,103 242,804 364,206 485,608 546,309 728,412 971,216 1,092,618 1,456,824 2,185,236 2,913,648 4,370,472 and 8,740,944, with no remainder.

Since 8,740,944 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,740,944, 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).