Q: Is 9,183,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,183,048 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 9,183,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 47 56 84 94 141 168 188 282 329 376 564 658 987 1,128 1,163 1,316 1,974 2,326 2,632 3,489 3,948 4,652 6,978 7,896 8,141 9,304 13,956 16,282 24,423 27,912 32,564 48,846 54,661 65,128 97,692 109,322 163,983 195,384 218,644 327,966 382,627 437,288 655,932 765,254 1,147,881 1,311,864 1,530,508 2,295,762 3,061,016 4,591,524 and 9,183,048, with no remainder.

Since 9,183,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,183,048, 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).