Q: Is 8,902,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,902,608 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 8,902,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 16 22 24 26 33 39 44 48 52 66 78 88 104 132 143 156 176 208 264 286 312 429 528 572 624 858 1,144 1,297 1,716 2,288 2,594 3,432 3,891 5,188 6,864 7,782 10,376 14,267 15,564 16,861 20,752 28,534 31,128 33,722 42,801 50,583 57,068 62,256 67,444 85,602 101,166 114,136 134,888 171,204 185,471 202,332 228,272 269,776 342,408 370,942 404,664 556,413 684,816 741,884 809,328 1,112,826 1,483,768 2,225,652 2,967,536 4,451,304 and 8,902,608, with no remainder.

Since 8,902,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,902,608, 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).