Q: Is 9,292,764 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,292,764 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 9,292,764 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 39 52 71 78 142 156 213 284 426 839 852 923 1,678 1,846 2,517 2,769 3,356 3,692 5,034 5,538 10,068 10,907 11,076 21,814 32,721 43,628 59,569 65,442 119,138 130,884 178,707 238,276 357,414 714,828 774,397 1,548,794 2,323,191 3,097,588 4,646,382 and 9,292,764, with no remainder.

Since 9,292,764 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,292,764, 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).