Q: Is 9,174,330 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,174,330 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 9,174,330 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 15 18 22 27 30 33 45 54 55 66 90 99 110 135 165 198 270 297 330 495 594 990 1,485 2,970 3,089 6,178 9,267 15,445 18,534 27,801 30,890 33,979 46,335 55,602 67,958 83,403 92,670 101,937 139,005 166,806 169,895 203,874 278,010 305,811 339,790 417,015 509,685 611,622 834,030 917,433 1,019,370 1,529,055 1,834,866 3,058,110 4,587,165 and 9,174,330, with no remainder.

Since 9,174,330 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,174,330, 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).