Q: Is 9,166,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,166,248 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 9,166,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 18 21 24 26 28 36 39 42 52 56 63 72 78 84 91 104 117 126 156 168 182 234 252 273 312 364 468 504 546 728 819 936 1,092 1,399 1,638 2,184 2,798 3,276 4,197 5,596 6,552 8,394 9,793 11,192 12,591 16,788 18,187 19,586 25,182 29,379 33,576 36,374 39,172 50,364 54,561 58,758 72,748 78,344 88,137 100,728 109,122 117,516 127,309 145,496 163,683 176,274 218,244 235,032 254,618 327,366 352,548 381,927 436,488 509,236 654,732 705,096 763,854 1,018,472 1,145,781 1,309,464 1,527,708 2,291,562 3,055,416 4,583,124 and 9,166,248, with no remainder.

Since 9,166,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,166,248, 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).