Q: Is 9,042,852 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,042,852 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 9,042,852 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 26 28 39 42 49 52 78 84 91 98 147 156 169 182 196 273 294 338 343 364 507 546 588 637 676 686 1,014 1,029 1,092 1,183 1,274 1,372 1,911 2,028 2,058 2,197 2,366 2,548 3,549 3,822 4,116 4,394 4,459 4,732 6,591 7,098 7,644 8,281 8,788 8,918 13,182 13,377 14,196 15,379 16,562 17,836 24,843 26,364 26,754 30,758 33,124 46,137 49,686 53,508 57,967 61,516 92,274 99,372 107,653 115,934 173,901 184,548 215,306 231,868 322,959 347,802 430,612 645,918 695,604 753,571 1,291,836 1,507,142 2,260,713 3,014,284 4,521,426 and 9,042,852, with no remainder.

Since 9,042,852 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,042,852, 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).