Q: Is 9,252,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,252,072 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 9,252,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 23 24 36 37 46 69 72 74 92 111 138 148 151 184 207 222 276 296 302 333 414 444 453 552 604 666 828 851 888 906 1,208 1,332 1,359 1,656 1,702 1,812 2,553 2,664 2,718 3,404 3,473 3,624 5,106 5,436 5,587 6,808 6,946 7,659 10,212 10,419 10,872 11,174 13,892 15,318 16,761 20,424 20,838 22,348 27,784 30,636 31,257 33,522 41,676 44,696 50,283 61,272 62,514 67,044 83,352 100,566 125,028 128,501 134,088 201,132 250,056 257,002 385,503 402,264 514,004 771,006 1,028,008 1,156,509 1,542,012 2,313,018 3,084,024 4,626,036 and 9,252,072, with no remainder.

Since 9,252,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,252,072, 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).