Q: Is 8,774,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,774,352 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 8,774,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 27 36 38 48 54 57 72 76 108 114 144 152 171 216 228 304 342 432 456 513 684 912 1,026 1,069 1,368 2,052 2,138 2,736 3,207 4,104 4,276 6,414 8,208 8,552 9,621 12,828 17,104 19,242 20,311 25,656 28,863 38,484 40,622 51,312 57,726 60,933 76,968 81,244 115,452 121,866 153,936 162,488 182,799 230,904 243,732 324,976 365,598 461,808 487,464 548,397 731,196 974,928 1,096,794 1,462,392 2,193,588 2,924,784 4,387,176 and 8,774,352, with no remainder.

Since 8,774,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,774,352, 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).