Q: Is 9,203,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,203,480 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 9,203,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 13 20 22 26 40 44 52 55 65 88 104 110 130 143 220 260 286 440 520 572 715 1,144 1,430 1,609 2,860 3,218 5,720 6,436 8,045 12,872 16,090 17,699 20,917 32,180 35,398 41,834 64,360 70,796 83,668 88,495 104,585 141,592 167,336 176,990 209,170 230,087 353,980 418,340 460,174 707,960 836,680 920,348 1,150,435 1,840,696 2,300,870 4,601,740 and 9,203,480, with no remainder.

Since 9,203,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,203,480, 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).