Q: Is 8,808,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,808,264 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 8,808,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 23 24 27 36 46 54 69 72 81 92 108 138 162 184 197 207 216 243 276 324 394 414 486 552 591 621 648 788 828 972 1,182 1,242 1,576 1,656 1,773 1,863 1,944 2,364 2,484 3,546 3,726 4,531 4,728 4,968 5,319 5,589 7,092 7,452 9,062 10,638 11,178 13,593 14,184 14,904 15,957 18,124 21,276 22,356 27,186 31,914 36,248 40,779 42,552 44,712 47,871 54,372 63,828 81,558 95,742 108,744 122,337 127,656 163,116 191,484 244,674 326,232 367,011 382,968 489,348 734,022 978,696 1,101,033 1,468,044 2,202,066 2,936,088 4,404,132 and 8,808,264, with no remainder.

Since 8,808,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,808,264, 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).