Q: Is 8,763,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,763,744 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 8,763,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 43 44 48 66 86 88 96 129 132 172 176 193 258 264 344 352 386 473 516 528 579 688 772 946 1,032 1,056 1,158 1,376 1,419 1,544 1,892 2,064 2,123 2,316 2,838 3,088 3,784 4,128 4,246 4,632 5,676 6,176 6,369 7,568 8,299 8,492 9,264 11,352 12,738 15,136 16,598 16,984 18,528 22,704 24,897 25,476 33,196 33,968 45,408 49,794 50,952 66,392 67,936 91,289 99,588 101,904 132,784 182,578 199,176 203,808 265,568 273,867 365,156 398,352 547,734 730,312 796,704 1,095,468 1,460,624 2,190,936 2,921,248 4,381,872 and 8,763,744, with no remainder.

Since 8,763,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,763,744, 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).