Q: Is 9,206,418 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,206,418 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 9,206,418 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 17 26 34 39 51 53 78 102 106 131 159 221 262 318 393 442 663 689 786 901 1,326 1,378 1,703 1,802 2,067 2,227 2,703 3,406 4,134 4,454 5,109 5,406 6,681 6,943 10,218 11,713 13,362 13,886 20,829 23,426 28,951 35,139 41,658 57,902 70,278 86,853 90,259 118,031 173,706 180,518 236,062 270,777 354,093 541,554 708,186 1,534,403 3,068,806 4,603,209 and 9,206,418, with no remainder.

Since 9,206,418 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,206,418, 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).