Q: Is 8,926,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,926,368 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 8,926,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 66 79 88 96 107 132 158 176 214 237 264 316 321 352 428 474 528 632 642 856 869 948 1,056 1,177 1,264 1,284 1,712 1,738 1,896 2,354 2,528 2,568 2,607 3,424 3,476 3,531 3,792 4,708 5,136 5,214 6,952 7,062 7,584 8,453 9,416 10,272 10,428 13,904 14,124 16,906 18,832 20,856 25,359 27,808 28,248 33,812 37,664 41,712 50,718 56,496 67,624 83,424 92,983 101,436 112,992 135,248 185,966 202,872 270,496 278,949 371,932 405,744 557,898 743,864 811,488 1,115,796 1,487,728 2,231,592 2,975,456 4,463,184 and 8,926,368, with no remainder.

Since 8,926,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,926,368, 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).