Q: Is 9,351,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,351,240 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 9,351,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 149 298 447 523 596 745 894 1,046 1,192 1,490 1,569 1,788 2,092 2,235 2,615 2,980 3,138 3,576 4,184 4,470 5,230 5,960 6,276 7,845 8,940 10,460 12,552 15,690 17,880 20,920 31,380 62,760 77,927 155,854 233,781 311,708 389,635 467,562 623,416 779,270 935,124 1,168,905 1,558,540 1,870,248 2,337,810 3,117,080 4,675,620 and 9,351,240, with no remainder.

Since 9,351,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,351,240, 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).