Q: Is 9,243,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,243,432 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 9,243,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 44 66 72 88 99 121 132 198 242 264 363 396 484 726 792 968 1,061 1,089 1,452 2,122 2,178 2,904 3,183 4,244 4,356 6,366 8,488 8,712 9,549 11,671 12,732 19,098 23,342 25,464 35,013 38,196 46,684 70,026 76,392 93,368 105,039 128,381 140,052 210,078 256,762 280,104 385,143 420,156 513,524 770,286 840,312 1,027,048 1,155,429 1,540,572 2,310,858 3,081,144 4,621,716 and 9,243,432, with no remainder.

Since 9,243,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,243,432, 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).