Q: Is 8,885,632 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,885,632 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 8,885,632 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 47 56 64 94 112 128 188 211 224 329 376 422 448 658 752 844 896 1,316 1,477 1,504 1,688 2,632 2,954 3,008 3,376 5,264 5,908 6,016 6,752 9,917 10,528 11,816 13,504 19,834 21,056 23,632 27,008 39,668 42,112 47,264 69,419 79,336 94,528 138,838 158,672 189,056 277,676 317,344 555,352 634,688 1,110,704 1,269,376 2,221,408 4,442,816 and 8,885,632, with no remainder.

Since 8,885,632 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,885,632, 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).