Q: Is 8,867,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,867,736 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 8,867,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 29 31 36 58 62 72 87 93 116 124 137 174 186 232 248 261 274 279 348 372 411 522 548 558 696 744 822 899 1,044 1,096 1,116 1,233 1,644 1,798 2,088 2,232 2,466 2,697 3,288 3,596 3,973 4,247 4,932 5,394 7,192 7,946 8,091 8,494 9,864 10,788 11,919 12,741 15,892 16,182 16,988 21,576 23,838 25,482 31,784 32,364 33,976 35,757 38,223 47,676 50,964 64,728 71,514 76,446 95,352 101,928 123,163 143,028 152,892 246,326 286,056 305,784 369,489 492,652 738,978 985,304 1,108,467 1,477,956 2,216,934 2,955,912 4,433,868 and 8,867,736, with no remainder.

Since 8,867,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,867,736, 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).