Q: Is 8,832,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,832,936 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 8,832,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 29 37 42 49 56 58 74 84 87 98 111 116 147 148 168 174 196 203 222 232 259 294 296 343 348 392 406 444 518 588 609 686 696 777 812 888 1,029 1,036 1,073 1,176 1,218 1,372 1,421 1,554 1,624 1,813 2,058 2,072 2,146 2,436 2,744 2,842 3,108 3,219 3,626 4,116 4,263 4,292 4,872 5,439 5,684 6,216 6,438 7,252 7,511 8,232 8,526 8,584 9,947 10,878 11,368 12,691 12,876 14,504 15,022 17,052 19,894 21,756 22,533 25,382 25,752 29,841 30,044 34,104 38,073 39,788 43,512 45,066 50,764 52,577 59,682 60,088 76,146 79,576 90,132 101,528 105,154 119,364 152,292 157,731 180,264 210,308 238,728 304,584 315,462 368,039 420,616 630,924 736,078 1,104,117 1,261,848 1,472,156 2,208,234 2,944,312 4,416,468 and 8,832,936, with no remainder.

Since 8,832,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,832,936, 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).