Q: Is 8,981,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,981,448 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 8,981,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 84 168 193 277 386 554 579 772 831 1,108 1,158 1,351 1,544 1,662 1,939 2,216 2,316 2,702 3,324 3,878 4,053 4,632 5,404 5,817 6,648 7,756 8,106 10,808 11,634 15,512 16,212 23,268 32,424 46,536 53,461 106,922 160,383 213,844 320,766 374,227 427,688 641,532 748,454 1,122,681 1,283,064 1,496,908 2,245,362 2,993,816 4,490,724 and 8,981,448, with no remainder.

Since 8,981,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,981,448, 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).