Q: Is 9,379,296 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,379,296 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 9,379,296 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 32 36 48 58 72 87 96 116 144 174 232 261 288 348 464 522 696 928 1,044 1,123 1,392 2,088 2,246 2,784 3,369 4,176 4,492 6,738 8,352 8,984 10,107 13,476 17,968 20,214 26,952 32,567 35,936 40,428 53,904 65,134 80,856 97,701 107,808 130,268 161,712 195,402 260,536 293,103 323,424 390,804 521,072 586,206 781,608 1,042,144 1,172,412 1,563,216 2,344,824 3,126,432 4,689,648 and 9,379,296, with no remainder.

Since 9,379,296 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,379,296, 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).