Q: Is 9,397,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,397,960 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 9,397,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 13 20 22 26 31 40 44 52 53 55 62 65 88 104 106 110 124 130 143 155 212 220 248 260 265 286 310 341 403 424 440 520 530 572 583 620 682 689 715 806 1,060 1,144 1,166 1,240 1,364 1,378 1,430 1,612 1,643 1,705 2,015 2,120 2,332 2,728 2,756 2,860 2,915 3,224 3,286 3,410 3,445 4,030 4,433 4,664 5,512 5,720 5,830 6,572 6,820 6,890 7,579 8,060 8,215 8,866 11,660 13,144 13,640 13,780 15,158 16,120 16,430 17,732 18,073 21,359 22,165 23,320 27,560 30,316 32,860 35,464 36,146 37,895 42,718 44,330 60,632 65,720 72,292 75,790 85,436 88,660 90,365 106,795 144,584 151,580 170,872 177,320 180,730 213,590 234,949 303,160 361,460 427,180 469,898 722,920 854,360 939,796 1,174,745 1,879,592 2,349,490 4,698,980 and 9,397,960, with no remainder.

Since 9,397,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,397,960, 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).