Q: Is 9,256,806 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,256,806 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 9,256,806 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 17 18 26 34 39 51 78 102 117 153 169 179 221 234 306 338 358 442 507 537 663 1,014 1,074 1,326 1,521 1,611 1,989 2,327 2,873 3,042 3,043 3,222 3,978 4,654 5,746 6,086 6,981 8,619 9,129 13,962 17,238 18,258 20,943 25,857 27,387 30,251 39,559 41,886 51,714 54,774 60,502 79,118 90,753 118,677 181,506 237,354 272,259 356,031 514,267 544,518 712,062 1,028,534 1,542,801 3,085,602 4,628,403 and 9,256,806, with no remainder.

Since 9,256,806 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,256,806, 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).