Q: Is 9,231,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,231,840 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 9,231,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 27 30 32 36 40 45 48 54 60 72 80 90 96 108 120 135 144 160 180 216 240 270 288 360 432 480 540 720 864 1,080 1,440 2,137 2,160 4,274 4,320 6,411 8,548 10,685 12,822 17,096 19,233 21,370 25,644 32,055 34,192 38,466 42,740 51,288 57,699 64,110 68,384 76,932 85,480 96,165 102,576 115,398 128,220 153,864 170,960 192,330 205,152 230,796 256,440 288,495 307,728 341,920 384,660 461,592 512,880 576,990 615,456 769,320 923,184 1,025,760 1,153,980 1,538,640 1,846,368 2,307,960 3,077,280 4,615,920 and 9,231,840, with no remainder.

Since 9,231,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,231,840, 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).