Q: Is 9,046,512 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,046,512 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 9,046,512 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 43 48 54 72 86 108 129 144 172 216 258 344 387 432 487 516 688 774 974 1,032 1,161 1,461 1,548 1,948 2,064 2,322 2,922 3,096 3,896 4,383 4,644 5,844 6,192 7,792 8,766 9,288 11,688 13,149 17,532 18,576 20,941 23,376 26,298 35,064 41,882 52,596 62,823 70,128 83,764 105,192 125,646 167,528 188,469 210,384 251,292 335,056 376,938 502,584 565,407 753,876 1,005,168 1,130,814 1,507,752 2,261,628 3,015,504 4,523,256 and 9,046,512, with no remainder.

Since 9,046,512 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,046,512, 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).