Q: Is 9,399,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,399,264 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 9,399,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 71 84 96 112 142 168 197 213 224 284 336 394 426 497 568 591 672 788 852 994 1,136 1,182 1,379 1,491 1,576 1,704 1,988 2,272 2,364 2,758 2,982 3,152 3,408 3,976 4,137 4,728 5,516 5,964 6,304 6,816 7,952 8,274 9,456 11,032 11,928 13,987 15,904 16,548 18,912 22,064 23,856 27,974 33,096 41,961 44,128 47,712 55,948 66,192 83,922 97,909 111,896 132,384 167,844 195,818 223,792 293,727 335,688 391,636 447,584 587,454 671,376 783,272 1,174,908 1,342,752 1,566,544 2,349,816 3,133,088 4,699,632 and 9,399,264, with no remainder.

Since 9,399,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,399,264, 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).