Q: Is 8,825,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,825,616 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 8,825,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 167 334 367 501 668 734 1,002 1,101 1,336 1,468 1,503 2,004 2,202 2,672 2,936 3,006 3,303 4,008 4,404 5,872 6,012 6,606 8,016 8,808 12,024 13,212 17,616 24,048 26,424 52,848 61,289 122,578 183,867 245,156 367,734 490,312 551,601 735,468 980,624 1,103,202 1,470,936 2,206,404 2,941,872 4,412,808 and 8,825,616, with no remainder.

Since 8,825,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,825,616, 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).