Q: Is 9,373,266 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,373,266 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 9,373,266 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 54 63 126 137 181 189 274 362 378 411 543 822 959 1,086 1,233 1,267 1,629 1,918 2,466 2,534 2,877 3,258 3,699 3,801 4,887 5,754 7,398 7,602 8,631 9,774 11,403 17,262 22,806 24,797 25,893 34,209 49,594 51,786 68,418 74,391 148,782 173,579 223,173 347,158 446,346 520,737 669,519 1,041,474 1,339,038 1,562,211 3,124,422 4,686,633 and 9,373,266, with no remainder.

Since 9,373,266 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,373,266, 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).