Q: Is 9,456,984 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,456,984 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 9,456,984 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 31 36 38 57 62 72 76 93 114 124 152 171 186 223 228 248 279 342 372 446 456 558 589 669 684 744 892 1,116 1,178 1,338 1,368 1,767 1,784 2,007 2,232 2,356 2,676 3,534 4,014 4,237 4,712 5,301 5,352 6,913 7,068 8,028 8,474 10,602 12,711 13,826 14,136 16,056 16,948 20,739 21,204 25,422 27,652 33,896 38,133 41,478 42,408 50,844 55,304 62,217 76,266 82,956 101,688 124,434 131,347 152,532 165,912 248,868 262,694 305,064 394,041 497,736 525,388 788,082 1,050,776 1,182,123 1,576,164 2,364,246 3,152,328 4,728,492 and 9,456,984, with no remainder.

Since 9,456,984 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,456,984, 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).