Q: Is 8,875,062 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,875,062 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 8,875,062 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 53 54 63 106 126 159 189 318 371 378 443 477 742 886 954 1,113 1,329 1,431 2,226 2,658 2,862 3,101 3,339 3,987 6,202 6,678 7,974 9,303 10,017 11,961 18,606 20,034 23,479 23,922 27,909 46,958 55,818 70,437 83,727 140,874 164,353 167,454 211,311 328,706 422,622 493,059 633,933 986,118 1,267,866 1,479,177 2,958,354 4,437,531 and 8,875,062, with no remainder.

Since 8,875,062 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,875,062, 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).