Q: Is 9,316,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,316,008 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 9,316,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 37 39 52 72 74 78 104 111 117 148 156 222 234 269 296 312 333 444 468 481 538 666 807 888 936 962 1,076 1,332 1,443 1,614 1,924 2,152 2,421 2,664 2,886 3,228 3,497 3,848 4,329 4,842 5,772 6,456 6,994 8,658 9,684 9,953 10,491 11,544 13,988 17,316 19,368 19,906 20,982 27,976 29,859 31,473 34,632 39,812 41,964 59,718 62,946 79,624 83,928 89,577 119,436 125,892 129,389 179,154 238,872 251,784 258,778 358,308 388,167 517,556 716,616 776,334 1,035,112 1,164,501 1,552,668 2,329,002 3,105,336 4,658,004 and 9,316,008, with no remainder.

Since 9,316,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,316,008, 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).