Q: Is 8,977,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,977,752 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 8,977,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 42 47 56 63 72 84 94 126 141 168 188 252 282 329 376 379 423 504 564 658 758 846 987 1,128 1,137 1,316 1,516 1,692 1,974 2,274 2,632 2,653 2,961 3,032 3,384 3,411 3,948 4,548 5,306 5,922 6,822 7,896 7,959 9,096 10,612 11,844 13,644 15,918 17,813 21,224 23,688 23,877 27,288 31,836 35,626 47,754 53,439 63,672 71,252 95,508 106,878 124,691 142,504 160,317 191,016 213,756 249,382 320,634 374,073 427,512 498,764 641,268 748,146 997,528 1,122,219 1,282,536 1,496,292 2,244,438 2,992,584 4,488,876 and 8,977,752, with no remainder.

Since 8,977,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,977,752, 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).