Q: Is 9,175,614 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,175,614 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 9,175,614 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 17 21 34 42 51 71 102 119 142 181 213 238 357 362 426 497 543 714 994 1,086 1,207 1,267 1,491 2,414 2,534 2,982 3,077 3,621 3,801 6,154 7,242 7,602 8,449 9,231 12,851 16,898 18,462 21,539 25,347 25,702 38,553 43,078 50,694 64,617 77,106 89,957 129,234 179,914 218,467 269,871 436,934 539,742 655,401 1,310,802 1,529,269 3,058,538 4,587,807 and 9,175,614, with no remainder.

Since 9,175,614 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,175,614, 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).