Q: Is 8,996,148 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,996,148 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 8,996,148 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 29 36 42 58 63 84 87 116 126 174 203 252 261 348 406 522 609 812 1,044 1,218 1,231 1,827 2,436 2,462 3,654 3,693 4,924 7,308 7,386 8,617 11,079 14,772 17,234 22,158 25,851 34,468 35,699 44,316 51,702 71,398 77,553 103,404 107,097 142,796 155,106 214,194 249,893 310,212 321,291 428,388 499,786 642,582 749,679 999,572 1,285,164 1,499,358 2,249,037 2,998,716 4,498,074 and 8,996,148, with no remainder.

Since 8,996,148 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,996,148, 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).