Q: Is 8,896,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,896,888 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 8,896,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 22 26 28 44 52 56 77 88 91 101 104 121 143 154 182 202 242 286 308 364 404 484 572 616 707 728 808 847 968 1,001 1,111 1,144 1,313 1,414 1,573 1,694 2,002 2,222 2,626 2,828 3,146 3,388 4,004 4,444 5,252 5,656 6,292 6,776 7,777 8,008 8,888 9,191 10,504 11,011 12,221 12,584 14,443 15,554 18,382 22,022 24,442 28,886 31,108 36,764 44,044 48,884 57,772 62,216 73,528 85,547 88,088 97,768 101,101 115,544 158,873 171,094 202,202 317,746 342,188 404,404 635,492 684,376 808,808 1,112,111 1,270,984 2,224,222 4,448,444 and 8,896,888, with no remainder.

Since 8,896,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,896,888, 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).