Q: Is 8,888,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,888,376 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 8,888,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 84 168 191 277 382 554 573 764 831 1,108 1,146 1,337 1,528 1,662 1,939 2,216 2,292 2,674 3,324 3,878 4,011 4,584 5,348 5,817 6,648 7,756 8,022 10,696 11,634 15,512 16,044 23,268 32,088 46,536 52,907 105,814 158,721 211,628 317,442 370,349 423,256 634,884 740,698 1,111,047 1,269,768 1,481,396 2,222,094 2,962,792 4,444,188 and 8,888,376, with no remainder.

Since 8,888,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,888,376, 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).