Q: Is 8,996,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,996,496 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 8,996,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 29 46 48 58 69 87 92 116 138 174 184 232 276 281 348 368 464 552 562 667 696 843 1,104 1,124 1,334 1,392 1,686 2,001 2,248 2,668 3,372 4,002 4,496 5,336 6,463 6,744 8,004 8,149 10,672 12,926 13,488 16,008 16,298 19,389 24,447 25,852 32,016 32,596 38,778 48,894 51,704 65,192 77,556 97,788 103,408 130,384 155,112 187,427 195,576 310,224 374,854 391,152 562,281 749,708 1,124,562 1,499,416 2,249,124 2,998,832 4,498,248 and 8,996,496, with no remainder.

Since 8,996,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,996,496, 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).