Q: Is 9,237,630 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,237,630 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 9,237,630 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 17 30 34 51 59 85 102 118 170 177 255 295 307 354 510 590 614 885 921 1,003 1,535 1,770 1,842 2,006 3,009 3,070 4,605 5,015 5,219 6,018 9,210 10,030 10,438 15,045 15,657 18,113 26,095 30,090 31,314 36,226 52,190 54,339 78,285 90,565 108,678 156,570 181,130 271,695 307,921 543,390 615,842 923,763 1,539,605 1,847,526 3,079,210 4,618,815 and 9,237,630, with no remainder.

Since 9,237,630 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,237,630, 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).