Q: Is 8,741,876 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,741,876 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 8,741,876 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 13 17 22 26 29 31 34 44 52 58 62 68 116 124 143 187 221 286 319 341 374 377 403 442 493 527 572 638 682 748 754 806 884 899 986 1,054 1,276 1,364 1,508 1,612 1,798 1,972 2,108 2,431 3,596 4,147 4,433 4,862 5,423 5,797 6,409 6,851 8,294 8,866 9,724 9,889 10,846 11,594 11,687 12,818 13,702 15,283 16,588 17,732 19,778 21,692 23,188 23,374 25,636 27,404 30,566 39,556 46,748 61,132 70,499 75,361 128,557 140,998 150,722 168,113 198,679 257,114 281,996 301,444 336,226 397,358 514,228 672,452 794,716 2,185,469 4,370,938 and 8,741,876, with no remainder.

Since 8,741,876 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,741,876, 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).