Q: Is 8,902,944 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,902,944 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 8,902,944 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 32 36 38 48 57 72 76 96 114 144 152 171 228 288 304 342 456 608 684 912 1,368 1,627 1,824 2,736 3,254 4,881 5,472 6,508 9,762 13,016 14,643 19,524 26,032 29,286 30,913 39,048 52,064 58,572 61,826 78,096 92,739 117,144 123,652 156,192 185,478 234,288 247,304 278,217 370,956 468,576 494,608 556,434 741,912 989,216 1,112,868 1,483,824 2,225,736 2,967,648 4,451,472 and 8,902,944, with no remainder.

Since 8,902,944 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,902,944, 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).