Q: Is 9,296,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,296,112 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 9,296,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 73 84 112 146 168 219 292 336 379 438 511 584 758 876 1,022 1,137 1,168 1,516 1,533 1,752 2,044 2,274 2,653 3,032 3,066 3,504 4,088 4,548 5,306 6,064 6,132 7,959 8,176 9,096 10,612 12,264 15,918 18,192 21,224 24,528 27,667 31,836 42,448 55,334 63,672 83,001 110,668 127,344 166,002 193,669 221,336 332,004 387,338 442,672 581,007 664,008 774,676 1,162,014 1,328,016 1,549,352 2,324,028 3,098,704 4,648,056 and 9,296,112, with no remainder.

Since 9,296,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,296,112, 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).