Q: Is 8,796,372 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,796,372 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 8,796,372 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 39 52 78 113 156 226 339 452 499 678 998 1,356 1,469 1,497 1,996 2,938 2,994 4,407 5,876 5,988 6,487 8,814 12,974 17,628 19,461 25,948 38,922 56,387 77,844 112,774 169,161 225,548 338,322 676,644 733,031 1,466,062 2,199,093 2,932,124 4,398,186 and 8,796,372, with no remainder.

Since 8,796,372 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,796,372, 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).