Q: Is 8,791,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,791,224 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 8,791,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 19 24 26 38 39 52 57 76 78 104 114 152 156 228 247 312 456 494 741 988 1,482 1,483 1,976 2,964 2,966 4,449 5,928 5,932 8,898 11,864 17,796 19,279 28,177 35,592 38,558 56,354 57,837 77,116 84,531 112,708 115,674 154,232 169,062 225,416 231,348 338,124 366,301 462,696 676,248 732,602 1,098,903 1,465,204 2,197,806 2,930,408 4,395,612 and 8,791,224, with no remainder.

Since 8,791,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,791,224, 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).