Q: Is 8,855,808 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,855,808 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 8,855,808 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 64 78 96 104 128 156 192 208 256 312 384 416 624 768 832 887 1,248 1,664 1,774 2,496 2,661 3,328 3,548 4,992 5,322 7,096 9,984 10,644 11,531 14,192 21,288 23,062 28,384 34,593 42,576 46,124 56,768 69,186 85,152 92,248 113,536 138,372 170,304 184,496 227,072 276,744 340,608 368,992 553,488 681,216 737,984 1,106,976 1,475,968 2,213,952 2,951,936 4,427,904 and 8,855,808, with no remainder.

Since 8,855,808 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,855,808, 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).