Q: Is 8,883,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,883,112 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 8,883,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 17 28 31 34 43 49 56 62 68 86 98 119 124 136 172 196 217 238 248 301 344 392 434 476 527 602 731 833 868 952 1,054 1,204 1,333 1,462 1,519 1,666 1,736 2,107 2,108 2,408 2,666 2,924 3,038 3,332 3,689 4,214 4,216 5,117 5,332 5,848 6,076 6,664 7,378 8,428 9,331 10,234 10,664 12,152 14,756 16,856 18,662 20,468 22,661 25,823 29,512 35,819 37,324 40,936 45,322 51,646 65,317 71,638 74,648 90,644 103,292 130,634 143,276 158,627 181,288 206,584 261,268 286,552 317,254 522,536 634,508 1,110,389 1,269,016 2,220,778 4,441,556 and 8,883,112, with no remainder.

Since 8,883,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,883,112, 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).