Q: Is 8,838,396 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,838,396 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 8,838,396 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 54 63 81 84 108 126 162 189 243 252 324 378 433 486 567 729 756 866 972 1,134 1,299 1,458 1,701 1,732 2,268 2,598 2,916 3,031 3,402 3,897 5,103 5,196 6,062 6,804 7,794 9,093 10,206 11,691 12,124 15,588 18,186 20,412 23,382 27,279 35,073 36,372 46,764 54,558 70,146 81,837 105,219 109,116 140,292 163,674 210,438 245,511 315,657 327,348 420,876 491,022 631,314 736,533 982,044 1,262,628 1,473,066 2,209,599 2,946,132 4,419,198 and 8,838,396, with no remainder.

Since 8,838,396 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,838,396, 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).