Q: Is 9,290,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,290,424 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 9,290,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 22 24 26 33 39 44 52 66 78 88 104 132 143 156 264 286 312 429 572 858 1,144 1,716 2,707 3,432 5,414 8,121 10,828 16,242 21,656 29,777 32,484 35,191 59,554 64,968 70,382 89,331 105,573 119,108 140,764 178,662 211,146 238,216 281,528 357,324 387,101 422,292 714,648 774,202 844,584 1,161,303 1,548,404 2,322,606 3,096,808 4,645,212 and 9,290,424, with no remainder.

Since 9,290,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,290,424, 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).