Q: Is 9,236,955 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,236,955 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 9,236,955 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 13 15 21 35 39 65 67 91 101 105 195 201 273 303 335 455 469 505 707 871 1,005 1,313 1,365 1,407 1,515 2,121 2,345 2,613 3,535 3,939 4,355 6,097 6,565 6,767 7,035 9,191 10,605 13,065 18,291 19,695 20,301 27,573 30,485 33,835 45,955 47,369 87,971 91,455 101,505 137,865 142,107 236,845 263,913 439,855 615,797 710,535 1,319,565 1,847,391 3,078,985 and 9,236,955, with no remainder.

Since 9,236,955 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,236,955, 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).