Q: Is 8,958,276 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,958,276 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 8,958,276 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 43 54 81 86 108 129 162 172 258 324 387 516 643 774 1,161 1,286 1,548 1,929 2,322 2,572 3,483 3,858 4,644 5,787 6,966 7,716 11,574 13,932 17,361 23,148 27,649 34,722 52,083 55,298 69,444 82,947 104,166 110,596 165,894 208,332 248,841 331,788 497,682 746,523 995,364 1,493,046 2,239,569 2,986,092 4,479,138 and 8,958,276, with no remainder.

Since 8,958,276 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,958,276, 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).