Q: Is 8,776,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,776,824 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 8,776,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 84 89 168 178 267 356 534 587 623 712 1,068 1,174 1,246 1,761 1,869 2,136 2,348 2,492 3,522 3,738 4,109 4,696 4,984 7,044 7,476 8,218 12,327 14,088 14,952 16,436 24,654 32,872 49,308 52,243 98,616 104,486 156,729 208,972 313,458 365,701 417,944 626,916 731,402 1,097,103 1,253,832 1,462,804 2,194,206 2,925,608 4,388,412 and 8,776,824, with no remainder.

Since 8,776,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,776,824, 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).