Q: Is 8,793,036 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,793,036 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 8,793,036 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 54 63 81 84 108 126 162 189 252 324 378 567 756 1,134 2,268 3,877 7,754 11,631 15,508 23,262 27,139 34,893 46,524 54,278 69,786 81,417 104,679 108,556 139,572 162,834 209,358 244,251 314,037 325,668 418,716 488,502 628,074 732,753 977,004 1,256,148 1,465,506 2,198,259 2,931,012 4,396,518 and 8,793,036, with no remainder.

Since 8,793,036 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,793,036, 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).