Q: Is 9,420,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,420,216 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 9,420,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 78 104 109 156 218 277 312 327 436 554 654 831 872 1,108 1,308 1,417 1,662 2,216 2,616 2,834 3,324 3,601 4,251 5,668 6,648 7,202 8,502 10,803 11,336 14,404 17,004 21,606 28,808 30,193 34,008 43,212 60,386 86,424 90,579 120,772 181,158 241,544 362,316 392,509 724,632 785,018 1,177,527 1,570,036 2,355,054 3,140,072 4,710,108 and 9,420,216, with no remainder.

Since 9,420,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,420,216, 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).