Q: Is 9,276,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,276,552 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 9,276,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 67 72 108 134 201 216 268 402 536 603 641 804 1,206 1,282 1,608 1,809 1,923 2,412 2,564 3,618 3,846 4,824 5,128 5,769 7,236 7,692 11,538 14,472 15,384 17,307 23,076 34,614 42,947 46,152 69,228 85,894 128,841 138,456 171,788 257,682 343,576 386,523 515,364 773,046 1,030,728 1,159,569 1,546,092 2,319,138 3,092,184 4,638,276 and 9,276,552, with no remainder.

Since 9,276,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,276,552, 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).