Q: Is 8,766,816 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,766,816 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 8,766,816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 29 32 47 48 58 67 87 94 96 116 134 141 174 188 201 232 268 282 348 376 402 464 536 564 696 752 804 928 1,072 1,128 1,363 1,392 1,504 1,608 1,943 2,144 2,256 2,726 2,784 3,149 3,216 3,886 4,089 4,512 5,452 5,829 6,298 6,432 7,772 8,178 9,447 10,904 11,658 12,596 15,544 16,356 18,894 21,808 23,316 25,192 31,088 32,712 37,788 43,616 46,632 50,384 62,176 65,424 75,576 91,321 93,264 100,768 130,848 151,152 182,642 186,528 273,963 302,304 365,284 547,926 730,568 1,095,852 1,461,136 2,191,704 2,922,272 4,383,408 and 8,766,816, with no remainder.

Since 8,766,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,766,816, 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).