Q: Is 9,276,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,276,480 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 9,276,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 45 48 60 64 72 80 90 96 120 144 160 180 192 240 288 320 360 480 576 720 960 1,440 2,880 3,221 6,442 9,663 12,884 16,105 19,326 25,768 28,989 32,210 38,652 48,315 51,536 57,978 64,420 77,304 96,630 103,072 115,956 128,840 144,945 154,608 193,260 206,144 231,912 257,680 289,890 309,216 386,520 463,824 515,360 579,780 618,432 773,040 927,648 1,030,720 1,159,560 1,546,080 1,855,296 2,319,120 3,092,160 4,638,240 and 9,276,480, with no remainder.

Since 9,276,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,276,480, 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).