Q: Is 8,961,372 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,961,372 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 8,961,372 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 43 63 84 86 126 129 172 252 258 301 387 516 602 774 827 903 1,204 1,548 1,654 1,806 2,481 2,709 3,308 3,612 4,962 5,418 5,789 7,443 9,924 10,836 11,578 14,886 17,367 23,156 29,772 34,734 35,561 52,101 69,468 71,122 104,202 106,683 142,244 208,404 213,366 248,927 320,049 426,732 497,854 640,098 746,781 995,708 1,280,196 1,493,562 2,240,343 2,987,124 4,480,686 and 8,961,372, with no remainder.

Since 8,961,372 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,961,372, 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).