Q: Is 8,990,212 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,990,212 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 8,990,212 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 14 17 22 28 34 44 68 77 101 119 154 187 202 238 289 308 374 404 476 578 707 748 1,111 1,156 1,309 1,414 1,717 2,023 2,222 2,618 2,828 3,179 3,434 4,046 4,444 5,236 6,358 6,868 7,777 8,092 12,019 12,716 15,554 18,887 22,253 24,038 29,189 31,108 37,774 44,506 48,076 58,378 75,548 89,012 116,756 132,209 204,323 264,418 321,079 408,646 528,836 642,158 817,292 1,284,316 2,247,553 4,495,106 and 8,990,212, with no remainder.

Since 8,990,212 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,990,212, 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).