Q: Is 9,175,188 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,175,188 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 9,175,188 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 33 44 66 71 89 121 132 142 178 213 242 267 284 356 363 426 484 534 726 781 852 979 1,068 1,452 1,562 1,958 2,343 2,937 3,124 3,916 4,686 5,874 6,319 8,591 9,372 10,769 11,748 12,638 17,182 18,957 21,538 25,276 25,773 32,307 34,364 37,914 43,076 51,546 64,614 69,509 75,828 103,092 129,228 139,018 208,527 278,036 417,054 764,599 834,108 1,529,198 2,293,797 3,058,396 4,587,594 and 9,175,188, with no remainder.

Since 9,175,188 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,175,188, 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).