Q: Is 8,938,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,938,728 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 8,938,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 29 36 54 58 72 87 108 116 174 216 232 261 348 522 696 783 1,044 1,427 1,566 2,088 2,854 3,132 4,281 5,708 6,264 8,562 11,416 12,843 17,124 25,686 34,248 38,529 41,383 51,372 77,058 82,766 102,744 124,149 154,116 165,532 248,298 308,232 331,064 372,447 496,596 744,894 993,192 1,117,341 1,489,788 2,234,682 2,979,576 4,469,364 and 8,938,728, with no remainder.

Since 8,938,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,938,728, 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).