Q: Is 8,902,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,902,488 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 8,902,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 19 21 24 28 38 42 56 57 76 84 114 133 152 168 228 266 399 456 532 798 1,064 1,596 2,789 3,192 5,578 8,367 11,156 16,734 19,523 22,312 33,468 39,046 52,991 58,569 66,936 78,092 105,982 117,138 156,184 158,973 211,964 234,276 317,946 370,937 423,928 468,552 635,892 741,874 1,112,811 1,271,784 1,483,748 2,225,622 2,967,496 4,451,244 and 8,902,488, with no remainder.

Since 8,902,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,902,488, 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).