Q: Is 8,778,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,778,432 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 8,778,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 64 78 96 104 156 192 208 312 416 624 832 1,248 2,496 3,517 7,034 10,551 14,068 21,102 28,136 42,204 45,721 56,272 84,408 91,442 112,544 137,163 168,816 182,884 225,088 274,326 337,632 365,768 548,652 675,264 731,536 1,097,304 1,463,072 2,194,608 2,926,144 4,389,216 and 8,778,432, with no remainder.

Since 8,778,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,778,432, 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).