Q: Is 9,171,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,171,720 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 9,171,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 60 72 73 90 120 146 180 219 292 349 360 365 438 584 657 698 730 876 1,047 1,095 1,314 1,396 1,460 1,745 1,752 2,094 2,190 2,628 2,792 2,920 3,141 3,285 3,490 4,188 4,380 5,235 5,256 6,282 6,570 6,980 8,376 8,760 10,470 12,564 13,140 13,960 15,705 20,940 25,128 25,477 26,280 31,410 41,880 50,954 62,820 76,431 101,908 125,640 127,385 152,862 203,816 229,293 254,770 305,724 382,155 458,586 509,540 611,448 764,310 917,172 1,019,080 1,146,465 1,528,620 1,834,344 2,292,930 3,057,240 4,585,860 and 9,171,720, with no remainder.

Since 9,171,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,171,720, 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).