Q: Is 9,230,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,230,112 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 9,230,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 243 288 324 432 486 648 864 972 1,187 1,296 1,944 2,374 2,592 3,561 3,888 4,748 7,122 7,776 9,496 10,683 14,244 18,992 21,366 28,488 32,049 37,984 42,732 56,976 64,098 85,464 96,147 113,952 128,196 170,928 192,294 256,392 288,441 341,856 384,588 512,784 576,882 769,176 1,025,568 1,153,764 1,538,352 2,307,528 3,076,704 4,615,056 and 9,230,112, with no remainder.

Since 9,230,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,230,112, 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).