Q: Is 9,177,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,177,624 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 9,177,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 81 108 162 216 243 324 486 648 972 1,944 4,721 9,442 14,163 18,884 28,326 37,768 42,489 56,652 84,978 113,304 127,467 169,956 254,934 339,912 382,401 509,868 764,802 1,019,736 1,147,203 1,529,604 2,294,406 3,059,208 4,588,812 and 9,177,624, with no remainder.

Since 9,177,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,177,624, 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).