Q: Is 9,198,252 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,198,252 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 9,198,252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 23 27 28 36 42 46 54 63 69 84 92 108 126 138 161 189 207 252 276 322 378 414 483 529 621 644 756 828 966 1,058 1,242 1,449 1,587 1,932 2,116 2,484 2,898 3,174 3,703 4,347 4,761 5,796 6,348 7,406 8,694 9,522 11,109 12,167 14,283 14,812 17,388 19,044 22,218 24,334 28,566 33,327 36,501 44,436 48,668 57,132 66,654 73,002 85,169 99,981 109,503 133,308 146,004 170,338 199,962 219,006 255,507 328,509 340,676 399,924 438,012 511,014 657,018 766,521 1,022,028 1,314,036 1,533,042 2,299,563 3,066,084 4,599,126 and 9,198,252, with no remainder.

Since 9,198,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,198,252, 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).