Q: Is 9,276,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,276,768 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 9,276,768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 243 288 324 432 486 648 864 972 1,193 1,296 1,944 2,386 2,592 3,579 3,888 4,772 7,158 7,776 9,544 10,737 14,316 19,088 21,474 28,632 32,211 38,176 42,948 57,264 64,422 85,896 96,633 114,528 128,844 171,792 193,266 257,688 289,899 343,584 386,532 515,376 579,798 773,064 1,030,752 1,159,596 1,546,128 2,319,192 3,092,256 4,638,384 and 9,276,768, with no remainder.

Since 9,276,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,276,768, 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).