Q: Is 8,816,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,816,016 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 8,816,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 59 66 88 118 132 176 177 236 264 283 354 472 528 566 649 708 849 944 1,132 1,298 1,416 1,698 1,947 2,264 2,596 2,832 3,113 3,396 3,894 4,528 5,192 6,226 6,792 7,788 9,339 10,384 12,452 13,584 15,576 16,697 18,678 24,904 31,152 33,394 37,356 49,808 50,091 66,788 74,712 100,182 133,576 149,424 183,667 200,364 267,152 367,334 400,728 551,001 734,668 801,456 1,102,002 1,469,336 2,204,004 2,938,672 4,408,008 and 8,816,016, with no remainder.

Since 8,816,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,816,016, 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).