Q: Is 8,848,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,848,488 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 8,848,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 66 88 121 132 242 264 277 363 484 554 726 831 968 1,108 1,331 1,452 1,662 2,216 2,662 2,904 3,047 3,324 3,993 5,324 6,094 6,648 7,986 9,141 10,648 12,188 15,972 18,282 24,376 31,944 33,517 36,564 67,034 73,128 100,551 134,068 201,102 268,136 368,687 402,204 737,374 804,408 1,106,061 1,474,748 2,212,122 2,949,496 4,424,244 and 8,848,488, with no remainder.

Since 8,848,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,848,488, 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).