Q: Is 8,907,228 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,907,228 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 8,907,228 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 44 66 83 99 132 166 198 249 271 332 396 498 542 747 813 913 996 1,084 1,494 1,626 1,826 2,439 2,739 2,981 2,988 3,252 3,652 4,878 5,478 5,962 8,217 8,943 9,756 10,956 11,924 16,434 17,886 22,493 26,829 32,868 35,772 44,986 53,658 67,479 89,972 107,316 134,958 202,437 247,423 269,916 404,874 494,846 742,269 809,748 989,692 1,484,538 2,226,807 2,969,076 4,453,614 and 8,907,228, with no remainder.

Since 8,907,228 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,907,228, 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).