Q: Is 889,812 a Composite Number?

Why is 889,812 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 889,812 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 27 28 33 36 42 44 54 63 66 77 84 99 107 108 126 132 154 189 198 214 231 252 297 308 321 378 396 428 462 594 642 693 749 756 924 963 1,177 1,188 1,284 1,386 1,498 1,926 2,079 2,247 2,354 2,772 2,889 2,996 3,531 3,852 4,158 4,494 4,708 5,778 6,741 7,062 8,239 8,316 8,988 10,593 11,556 13,482 14,124 16,478 20,223 21,186 24,717 26,964 31,779 32,956 40,446 42,372 49,434 63,558 74,151 80,892 98,868 127,116 148,302 222,453 296,604 444,906 and 889,812, with no remainder.

Since 889,812 cannot be divided by just 1 and 889,812, 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).