Q: Is 8,800,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,800,224 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 8,800,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 29 32 48 58 87 96 109 116 174 218 232 327 348 436 464 654 696 841 872 928 1,308 1,392 1,682 1,744 2,523 2,616 2,784 3,161 3,364 3,488 5,046 5,232 6,322 6,728 9,483 10,092 10,464 12,644 13,456 18,966 20,184 25,288 26,912 37,932 40,368 50,576 75,864 80,736 91,669 101,152 151,728 183,338 275,007 303,456 366,676 550,014 733,352 1,100,028 1,466,704 2,200,056 2,933,408 4,400,112 and 8,800,224, with no remainder.

Since 8,800,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,800,224, 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).