Q: Is 9,171,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,171,456 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 9,171,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 128 168 192 224 256 336 384 448 512 672 768 853 896 1,344 1,536 1,706 1,792 2,559 2,688 3,412 3,584 5,118 5,376 5,971 6,824 10,236 10,752 11,942 13,648 17,913 20,472 23,884 27,296 35,826 40,944 47,768 54,592 71,652 81,888 95,536 109,184 143,304 163,776 191,072 218,368 286,608 327,552 382,144 436,736 573,216 655,104 764,288 1,146,432 1,310,208 1,528,576 2,292,864 3,057,152 4,585,728 and 9,171,456, with no remainder.

Since 9,171,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,171,456, 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).