Q: Is 8,832,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,832,768 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 8,832,768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 31 32 42 48 53 56 62 64 84 93 96 106 112 124 128 159 168 186 192 212 217 224 248 256 318 336 371 372 384 424 434 448 496 636 651 672 742 744 768 848 868 896 992 1,113 1,272 1,302 1,344 1,484 1,488 1,643 1,696 1,736 1,792 1,984 2,226 2,544 2,604 2,688 2,968 2,976 3,286 3,392 3,472 3,968 4,452 4,929 5,088 5,208 5,376 5,936 5,952 6,572 6,784 6,944 7,936 8,904 9,858 10,176 10,416 11,501 11,872 11,904 13,144 13,568 13,888 17,808 19,716 20,352 20,832 23,002 23,744 23,808 26,288 27,776 34,503 35,616 39,432 40,704 41,664 46,004 47,488 52,576 55,552 69,006 71,232 78,864 83,328 92,008 94,976 105,152 138,012 142,464 157,728 166,656 184,016 210,304 276,024 284,928 315,456 368,032 420,608 552,048 630,912 736,064 1,104,096 1,261,824 1,472,128 2,208,192 2,944,256 4,416,384 and 8,832,768, with no remainder.

Since 8,832,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,832,768, 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).