Q: Is 9,278,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,278,784 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 9,278,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 89 96 144 178 181 192 267 288 356 362 534 543 576 712 724 801 1,068 1,086 1,424 1,448 1,602 1,629 2,136 2,172 2,848 2,896 3,204 3,258 4,272 4,344 5,696 5,792 6,408 6,516 8,544 8,688 11,584 12,816 13,032 16,109 17,088 17,376 25,632 26,064 32,218 34,752 48,327 51,264 52,128 64,436 96,654 104,256 128,872 144,981 193,308 257,744 289,962 386,616 515,488 579,924 773,232 1,030,976 1,159,848 1,546,464 2,319,696 3,092,928 4,639,392 and 9,278,784, with no remainder.

Since 9,278,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,278,784, 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).