Q: Is 9,226,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,226,840 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 9,226,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 31 35 40 56 62 70 124 140 155 217 248 280 310 434 620 868 1,063 1,085 1,240 1,736 2,126 2,170 4,252 4,340 5,315 7,441 8,504 8,680 10,630 14,882 21,260 29,764 32,953 37,205 42,520 59,528 65,906 74,410 131,812 148,820 164,765 230,671 263,624 297,640 329,530 461,342 659,060 922,684 1,153,355 1,318,120 1,845,368 2,306,710 4,613,420 and 9,226,840, with no remainder.

Since 9,226,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,226,840, 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).