Q: Is 9,212,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,212,672 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 9,212,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 53 56 64 97 106 112 128 194 212 224 256 371 388 424 448 679 742 776 848 896 1,358 1,484 1,552 1,696 1,792 2,716 2,968 3,104 3,392 5,141 5,432 5,936 6,208 6,784 10,282 10,864 11,872 12,416 13,568 20,564 21,728 23,744 24,832 35,987 41,128 43,456 47,488 71,974 82,256 86,912 94,976 143,948 164,512 173,824 287,896 329,024 575,792 658,048 1,151,584 1,316,096 2,303,168 4,606,336 and 9,212,672, with no remainder.

Since 9,212,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,212,672, 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).