Q: Is 9,344,052 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,344,052 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 9,344,052 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 108 241 359 482 718 723 964 1,077 1,436 1,446 2,154 2,169 2,892 3,231 4,308 4,338 6,462 6,507 8,676 9,693 12,924 13,014 19,386 26,028 38,772 86,519 173,038 259,557 346,076 519,114 778,671 1,038,228 1,557,342 2,336,013 3,114,684 4,672,026 and 9,344,052, with no remainder.

Since 9,344,052 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,344,052, 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).