Q: Is 9,124,128 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,124,128 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 9,124,128 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 72 78 96 104 117 144 156 208 234 288 312 416 468 624 936 1,248 1,872 2,437 3,744 4,874 7,311 9,748 14,622 19,496 21,933 29,244 31,681 38,992 43,866 58,488 63,362 77,984 87,732 95,043 116,976 126,724 175,464 190,086 233,952 253,448 285,129 350,928 380,172 506,896 570,258 701,856 760,344 1,013,792 1,140,516 1,520,688 2,281,032 3,041,376 4,562,064 and 9,124,128, with no remainder.

Since 9,124,128 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,124,128, 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).