Q: Is 9,005,976 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,005,976 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 9,005,976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 42 56 63 72 84 107 126 167 168 214 252 321 334 428 501 504 642 668 749 856 963 1,002 1,169 1,284 1,336 1,498 1,503 1,926 2,004 2,247 2,338 2,568 2,996 3,006 3,507 3,852 4,008 4,494 4,676 5,992 6,012 6,741 7,014 7,704 8,988 9,352 10,521 12,024 13,482 14,028 17,869 17,976 21,042 26,964 28,056 35,738 42,084 53,607 53,928 71,476 84,168 107,214 125,083 142,952 160,821 214,428 250,166 321,642 375,249 428,856 500,332 643,284 750,498 1,000,664 1,125,747 1,286,568 1,500,996 2,251,494 3,001,992 4,502,988 and 9,005,976, with no remainder.

Since 9,005,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,005,976, 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).