Q: Is 9,277,890 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,277,890 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 9,277,890 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 19 30 38 41 57 82 95 114 123 190 205 246 285 397 410 570 615 779 794 1,191 1,230 1,558 1,985 2,337 2,382 3,895 3,970 4,674 5,955 7,543 7,790 11,685 11,910 15,086 16,277 22,629 23,370 32,554 37,715 45,258 48,831 75,430 81,385 97,662 113,145 162,770 226,290 244,155 309,263 488,310 618,526 927,789 1,546,315 1,855,578 3,092,630 4,638,945 and 9,277,890, with no remainder.

Since 9,277,890 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,277,890, 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).