Q: Is 9,420,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,420,504 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 9,420,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 24 38 57 73 76 114 146 152 219 228 283 292 438 456 566 584 849 876 1,132 1,387 1,698 1,752 2,264 2,774 3,396 4,161 5,377 5,548 6,792 8,322 10,754 11,096 16,131 16,644 20,659 21,508 32,262 33,288 41,318 43,016 61,977 64,524 82,636 123,954 129,048 165,272 247,908 392,521 495,816 785,042 1,177,563 1,570,084 2,355,126 3,140,168 4,710,252 and 9,420,504, with no remainder.

Since 9,420,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,420,504, 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).