Q: Is 9,395,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,395,840 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 9,395,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 53 64 80 106 128 160 212 265 277 320 424 530 554 640 848 1,060 1,108 1,385 1,696 2,120 2,216 2,770 3,392 4,240 4,432 5,540 6,784 8,480 8,864 11,080 14,681 16,960 17,728 22,160 29,362 33,920 35,456 44,320 58,724 73,405 88,640 117,448 146,810 177,280 234,896 293,620 469,792 587,240 939,584 1,174,480 1,879,168 2,348,960 4,697,920 and 9,395,840, with no remainder.

Since 9,395,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,395,840, 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).