Q: Is 9,212,301 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,212,301 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 9,212,301 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 31 53 63 89 93 159 217 267 279 371 477 623 651 801 1,113 1,643 1,869 1,953 2,759 3,339 4,717 4,929 5,607 8,277 11,501 14,151 14,787 19,313 24,831 33,019 34,503 42,453 57,939 99,057 103,509 146,227 173,817 297,171 438,681 1,023,589 1,316,043 3,070,767 and 9,212,301, with no remainder.

Since 9,212,301 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,212,301, 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).