Q: Is 8,801,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,801,352 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 8,801,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 63 72 84 108 126 168 189 216 252 378 504 756 1,512 5,821 11,642 17,463 23,284 34,926 40,747 46,568 52,389 69,852 81,494 104,778 122,241 139,704 157,167 162,988 209,556 244,482 314,334 325,976 366,723 419,112 488,964 628,668 733,446 977,928 1,100,169 1,257,336 1,466,892 2,200,338 2,933,784 4,400,676 and 8,801,352, with no remainder.

Since 8,801,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,801,352, 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).