Q: Is 8,840,502 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,840,502 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 8,840,502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 33 41 54 66 81 82 99 121 123 162 198 242 246 297 363 369 451 594 726 738 891 902 1,089 1,107 1,331 1,353 1,782 2,178 2,214 2,662 2,706 3,267 3,321 3,993 4,059 4,961 6,534 6,642 7,986 8,118 9,801 9,922 11,979 12,177 14,883 19,602 23,958 24,354 29,766 35,937 36,531 44,649 54,571 71,874 73,062 89,298 107,811 109,142 133,947 163,713 215,622 267,894 327,426 401,841 491,139 803,682 982,278 1,473,417 2,946,834 4,420,251 and 8,840,502, with no remainder.

Since 8,840,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,840,502, 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).