Q: Is 9,253,062 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,253,062 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 9,253,062 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 13 14 18 21 26 27 39 42 49 54 63 78 91 98 117 126 147 182 189 234 269 273 294 351 378 441 538 546 637 702 807 819 882 1,274 1,323 1,614 1,638 1,883 1,911 2,421 2,457 2,646 3,497 3,766 3,822 4,842 4,914 5,649 5,733 6,994 7,263 10,491 11,298 11,466 13,181 14,526 16,947 17,199 20,982 24,479 26,362 31,473 33,894 34,398 39,543 48,958 50,841 62,946 73,437 79,086 94,419 101,682 118,629 146,874 171,353 188,838 220,311 237,258 342,706 355,887 440,622 514,059 660,933 711,774 1,028,118 1,321,866 1,542,177 3,084,354 4,626,531 and 9,253,062, with no remainder.

Since 9,253,062 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,253,062, 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).