Q: Is 9,134,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,134,232 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 9,134,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 43 53 86 106 129 159 167 172 212 258 318 334 344 424 501 516 636 668 1,002 1,032 1,272 1,336 2,004 2,279 4,008 4,558 6,837 7,181 8,851 9,116 13,674 14,362 17,702 18,232 21,543 26,553 27,348 28,724 35,404 43,086 53,106 54,696 57,448 70,808 86,172 106,212 172,344 212,424 380,593 761,186 1,141,779 1,522,372 2,283,558 3,044,744 4,567,116 and 9,134,232, with no remainder.

Since 9,134,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,134,232, 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).