Q: Is 8,940,932 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,940,932 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 8,940,932 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 13 14 22 26 28 29 44 49 52 58 77 91 98 116 121 143 154 182 196 203 242 286 308 319 364 377 406 484 539 572 637 638 754 812 847 1,001 1,078 1,274 1,276 1,421 1,508 1,573 1,694 2,002 2,156 2,233 2,548 2,639 2,842 3,146 3,388 3,509 4,004 4,147 4,466 5,278 5,684 5,929 6,292 7,007 7,018 8,294 8,932 10,556 11,011 11,858 14,014 14,036 15,631 16,588 18,473 22,022 23,716 24,563 28,028 29,029 31,262 36,946 44,044 45,617 49,126 58,058 62,524 73,892 77,077 91,234 98,252 116,116 154,154 171,941 182,468 203,203 308,308 319,319 343,882 406,406 638,638 687,764 812,812 1,277,276 2,235,233 4,470,466 and 8,940,932, with no remainder.

Since 8,940,932 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,940,932, 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).