Q: Is 8,889,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,889,400 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 8,889,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 25 26 40 50 52 65 100 104 130 169 200 260 263 325 338 520 526 650 676 845 1,052 1,300 1,315 1,352 1,690 2,104 2,600 2,630 3,380 3,419 4,225 5,260 6,575 6,760 6,838 8,450 10,520 13,150 13,676 16,900 17,095 26,300 27,352 33,800 34,190 44,447 52,600 68,380 85,475 88,894 136,760 170,950 177,788 222,235 341,900 355,576 444,470 683,800 888,940 1,111,175 1,777,880 2,222,350 4,444,700 and 8,889,400, with no remainder.

Since 8,889,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,889,400, 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).