Q: Is 8,859,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,859,648 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 8,859,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 103 112 128 168 192 206 224 256 309 336 384 412 448 512 618 672 721 768 824 896 1,024 1,236 1,344 1,442 1,536 1,648 1,792 2,048 2,163 2,472 2,688 2,884 3,072 3,296 3,584 4,096 4,326 4,944 5,376 5,768 6,144 6,592 7,168 8,652 9,888 10,752 11,536 12,288 13,184 14,336 17,304 19,776 21,504 23,072 26,368 28,672 34,608 39,552 43,008 46,144 52,736 69,216 79,104 86,016 92,288 105,472 138,432 158,208 184,576 210,944 276,864 316,416 369,152 421,888 553,728 632,832 738,304 1,107,456 1,265,664 1,476,608 2,214,912 2,953,216 4,429,824 and 8,859,648, with no remainder.

Since 8,859,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,859,648, 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).