Q: Is 8,752,788 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,752,788 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 8,752,788 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 23 31 33 36 44 46 62 66 69 92 93 99 124 132 138 186 198 207 253 276 279 341 372 396 414 506 558 682 713 759 828 961 1,012 1,023 1,116 1,364 1,426 1,518 1,922 2,046 2,139 2,277 2,852 2,883 3,036 3,069 3,844 4,092 4,278 4,554 5,766 6,138 6,417 7,843 8,556 8,649 9,108 10,571 11,532 12,276 12,834 15,686 17,298 21,142 22,103 23,529 25,668 31,372 31,713 34,596 42,284 44,206 47,058 63,426 66,309 70,587 88,412 94,116 95,139 126,852 132,618 141,174 190,278 198,927 243,133 265,236 282,348 380,556 397,854 486,266 729,399 795,708 972,532 1,458,798 2,188,197 2,917,596 4,376,394 and 8,752,788, with no remainder.

Since 8,752,788 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,752,788, 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).