Q: Is 9,221,184 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,221,184 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 9,221,184 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 192 224 252 288 336 448 504 576 672 1,008 1,344 2,016 2,287 4,032 4,574 6,861 9,148 13,722 16,009 18,296 20,583 27,444 32,018 36,592 41,166 48,027 54,888 64,036 73,184 82,332 96,054 109,776 128,072 144,081 146,368 164,664 192,108 219,552 256,144 288,162 329,328 384,216 439,104 512,288 576,324 658,656 768,432 1,024,576 1,152,648 1,317,312 1,536,864 2,305,296 3,073,728 4,610,592 and 9,221,184, with no remainder.

Since 9,221,184 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,221,184, 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).