Q: Is 8,927,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,927,424 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 8,927,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 64 66 72 88 96 99 132 144 176 192 198 264 288 352 396 528 576 704 792 1,056 1,409 1,584 2,112 2,818 3,168 4,227 5,636 6,336 8,454 11,272 12,681 15,499 16,908 22,544 25,362 30,998 33,816 45,088 46,497 50,724 61,996 67,632 90,176 92,994 101,448 123,992 135,264 139,491 185,988 202,896 247,984 270,528 278,982 371,976 405,792 495,968 557,964 743,952 811,584 991,936 1,115,928 1,487,904 2,231,856 2,975,808 4,463,712 and 8,927,424, with no remainder.

Since 8,927,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,927,424, 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).