Q: Is 889,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 889,616 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 889,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 47 52 56 91 94 104 112 169 182 188 208 329 338 364 376 611 658 676 728 752 1,183 1,222 1,316 1,352 1,456 2,366 2,444 2,632 2,704 4,277 4,732 4,888 5,264 7,943 8,554 9,464 9,776 15,886 17,108 18,928 31,772 34,216 55,601 63,544 68,432 111,202 127,088 222,404 444,808 and 889,616, with no remainder.

Since 889,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 889,616, 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).