Q: Is 9,337,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,337,608 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 9,337,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 42 56 63 72 84 97 126 168 191 194 252 291 382 388 504 573 582 679 764 776 873 1,146 1,164 1,337 1,358 1,528 1,719 1,746 2,037 2,292 2,328 2,674 2,716 3,438 3,492 4,011 4,074 4,584 5,348 5,432 6,111 6,876 6,984 8,022 8,148 10,696 12,033 12,222 13,752 16,044 16,296 18,527 24,066 24,444 32,088 37,054 48,132 48,888 55,581 74,108 96,264 111,162 129,689 148,216 166,743 222,324 259,378 333,486 389,067 444,648 518,756 666,972 778,134 1,037,512 1,167,201 1,333,944 1,556,268 2,334,402 3,112,536 4,668,804 and 9,337,608, with no remainder.

Since 9,337,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,337,608, 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).