Q: Is 9,233,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,233,784 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 9,233,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 31 36 42 54 56 62 63 72 84 93 108 124 126 168 186 189 197 216 217 248 252 279 372 378 394 434 504 558 591 651 744 756 788 837 868 1,116 1,182 1,302 1,379 1,512 1,576 1,674 1,736 1,773 1,953 2,232 2,364 2,604 2,758 3,348 3,546 3,906 4,137 4,728 5,208 5,319 5,516 5,859 6,107 6,696 7,092 7,812 8,274 10,638 11,032 11,718 12,214 12,411 14,184 15,624 16,548 18,321 21,276 23,436 24,428 24,822 33,096 36,642 37,233 42,552 42,749 46,872 48,856 49,644 54,963 73,284 74,466 85,498 99,288 109,926 128,247 146,568 148,932 164,889 170,996 219,852 256,494 297,864 329,778 341,992 384,741 439,704 512,988 659,556 769,482 1,025,976 1,154,223 1,319,112 1,538,964 2,308,446 3,077,928 4,616,892 and 9,233,784, with no remainder.

Since 9,233,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,233,784, 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).