Q: Is 9,453,822 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,453,822 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 9,453,822 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 31 42 53 62 93 106 137 159 186 217 274 318 371 411 434 651 742 822 959 1,113 1,302 1,643 1,918 2,226 2,877 3,286 4,247 4,929 5,754 7,261 8,494 9,858 11,501 12,741 14,522 21,783 23,002 25,482 29,729 34,503 43,566 50,827 59,458 69,006 89,187 101,654 152,481 178,374 225,091 304,962 450,182 675,273 1,350,546 1,575,637 3,151,274 4,726,911 and 9,453,822, with no remainder.

Since 9,453,822 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,453,822, 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).