Q: Is 9,440,508 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,440,508 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 9,440,508 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 17 21 22 28 33 34 42 44 51 66 68 77 84 102 119 132 154 187 204 231 238 308 357 374 462 476 561 601 714 748 924 1,122 1,202 1,309 1,428 1,803 2,244 2,404 2,618 3,606 3,927 4,207 5,236 6,611 7,212 7,854 8,414 10,217 12,621 13,222 15,708 16,828 19,833 20,434 25,242 26,444 30,651 39,666 40,868 46,277 50,484 61,302 71,519 79,332 92,554 112,387 122,604 138,831 143,038 185,108 214,557 224,774 277,662 286,076 337,161 429,114 449,548 555,324 674,322 786,709 858,228 1,348,644 1,573,418 2,360,127 3,146,836 4,720,254 and 9,440,508, with no remainder.

Since 9,440,508 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,440,508, 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).