Q: Is 9,339,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,339,936 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 9,339,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 32 34 48 51 59 68 96 97 102 118 136 177 194 204 236 272 291 354 388 408 472 544 582 708 776 816 944 1,003 1,164 1,416 1,552 1,632 1,649 1,888 2,006 2,328 2,832 3,009 3,104 3,298 4,012 4,656 4,947 5,664 5,723 6,018 6,596 8,024 9,312 9,894 11,446 12,036 13,192 16,048 17,169 19,788 22,892 24,072 26,384 32,096 34,338 39,576 45,784 48,144 52,768 68,676 79,152 91,568 96,288 97,291 137,352 158,304 183,136 194,582 274,704 291,873 389,164 549,408 583,746 778,328 1,167,492 1,556,656 2,334,984 3,113,312 4,669,968 and 9,339,936, with no remainder.

Since 9,339,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,339,936, 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).