Q: Is 8,777,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,777,952 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 8,777,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 32 36 48 58 72 87 96 116 144 174 232 261 288 348 464 522 696 928 1,044 1,051 1,392 2,088 2,102 2,784 3,153 4,176 4,204 6,306 8,352 8,408 9,459 12,612 16,816 18,918 25,224 30,479 33,632 37,836 50,448 60,958 75,672 91,437 100,896 121,916 151,344 182,874 243,832 274,311 302,688 365,748 487,664 548,622 731,496 975,328 1,097,244 1,462,992 2,194,488 2,925,984 4,388,976 and 8,777,952, with no remainder.

Since 8,777,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,777,952, 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).