Q: Is 9,408,696 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,408,696 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 9,408,696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 66 88 132 157 227 264 314 454 471 628 681 908 942 1,256 1,362 1,727 1,816 1,884 2,497 2,724 3,454 3,768 4,994 5,181 5,448 6,908 7,491 9,988 10,362 13,816 14,982 19,976 20,724 29,964 35,639 41,448 59,928 71,278 106,917 142,556 213,834 285,112 392,029 427,668 784,058 855,336 1,176,087 1,568,116 2,352,174 3,136,232 4,704,348 and 9,408,696, with no remainder.

Since 9,408,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,408,696, 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).