Q: Is 9,440,844 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,440,844 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 9,440,844 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 84 167 334 501 668 673 1,002 1,169 1,346 2,004 2,019 2,338 2,692 3,507 4,038 4,676 4,711 7,014 8,076 9,422 14,028 14,133 18,844 28,266 56,532 112,391 224,782 337,173 449,564 674,346 786,737 1,348,692 1,573,474 2,360,211 3,146,948 4,720,422 and 9,440,844, with no remainder.

Since 9,440,844 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,440,844, 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).