Q: Is 9,202,494 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,202,494 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 9,202,494 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 49 98 113 147 226 277 294 339 554 678 791 831 1,582 1,662 1,939 2,373 3,878 4,746 5,537 5,817 11,074 11,634 13,573 16,611 27,146 31,301 33,222 40,719 62,602 81,438 93,903 187,806 219,107 438,214 657,321 1,314,642 1,533,749 3,067,498 4,601,247 and 9,202,494, with no remainder.

Since 9,202,494 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,202,494, 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).