Q: Is 9,420,312 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,420,312 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 9,420,312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 17 22 24 33 34 44 51 66 68 88 102 132 136 187 204 264 374 408 561 748 1,122 1,496 2,099 2,244 4,198 4,488 6,297 8,396 12,594 16,792 23,089 25,188 35,683 46,178 50,376 69,267 71,366 92,356 107,049 138,534 142,732 184,712 214,098 277,068 285,464 392,513 428,196 554,136 785,026 856,392 1,177,539 1,570,052 2,355,078 3,140,104 4,710,156 and 9,420,312, with no remainder.

Since 9,420,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,420,312, 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).