Q: Is 8,842,944 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,842,944 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 8,842,944 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 53 64 66 79 88 96 106 132 158 159 176 192 212 237 264 316 318 352 424 474 528 583 632 636 704 848 869 948 1,056 1,166 1,264 1,272 1,696 1,738 1,749 1,896 2,112 2,332 2,528 2,544 2,607 3,392 3,476 3,498 3,792 4,187 4,664 5,056 5,088 5,214 6,952 6,996 7,584 8,374 9,328 10,176 10,428 12,561 13,904 13,992 15,168 16,748 18,656 20,856 25,122 27,808 27,984 33,496 37,312 41,712 46,057 50,244 55,616 55,968 66,992 83,424 92,114 100,488 111,936 133,984 138,171 166,848 184,228 200,976 267,968 276,342 368,456 401,952 552,684 736,912 803,904 1,105,368 1,473,824 2,210,736 2,947,648 4,421,472 and 8,842,944, with no remainder.

Since 8,842,944 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,842,944, 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).