Q: Is 8,805,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,805,168 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 8,805,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 47 48 72 94 141 144 188 282 376 423 564 752 846 1,128 1,301 1,692 2,256 2,602 3,384 3,903 5,204 6,768 7,806 10,408 11,709 15,612 20,816 23,418 31,224 46,836 61,147 62,448 93,672 122,294 183,441 187,344 244,588 366,882 489,176 550,323 733,764 978,352 1,100,646 1,467,528 2,201,292 2,935,056 4,402,584 and 8,805,168, with no remainder.

Since 8,805,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,805,168, 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).