Q: Is 9,427,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,427,536 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 9,427,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 108 139 144 157 216 278 314 417 432 471 556 628 834 942 1,112 1,251 1,256 1,413 1,668 1,884 2,224 2,502 2,512 2,826 3,336 3,753 3,768 4,239 5,004 5,652 6,672 7,506 7,536 8,478 10,008 11,304 15,012 16,956 20,016 21,823 22,608 30,024 33,912 43,646 60,048 65,469 67,824 87,292 130,938 174,584 196,407 261,876 349,168 392,814 523,752 589,221 785,628 1,047,504 1,178,442 1,571,256 2,356,884 3,142,512 4,713,768 and 9,427,536, with no remainder.

Since 9,427,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,427,536, 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).