Q: Is 9,462,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,462,880 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 9,462,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 17 20 28 32 34 35 40 49 56 68 70 71 80 85 98 112 119 136 140 142 160 170 196 224 238 245 272 280 284 340 355 392 476 490 497 544 560 568 595 680 710 784 833 952 980 994 1,120 1,136 1,190 1,207 1,360 1,420 1,568 1,666 1,904 1,960 1,988 2,272 2,380 2,414 2,485 2,720 2,840 3,332 3,479 3,808 3,920 3,976 4,165 4,760 4,828 4,970 5,680 6,035 6,664 6,958 7,840 7,952 8,330 8,449 9,520 9,656 9,940 11,360 12,070 13,328 13,916 15,904 16,660 16,898 17,395 19,040 19,312 19,880 24,140 26,656 27,832 33,320 33,796 34,790 38,624 39,760 42,245 48,280 55,664 59,143 66,640 67,592 69,580 79,520 84,490 96,560 111,328 118,286 133,280 135,184 139,160 168,980 193,120 236,572 270,368 278,320 295,715 337,960 473,144 556,640 591,430 675,920 946,288 1,182,860 1,351,840 1,892,576 2,365,720 4,731,440 and 9,462,880, with no remainder.

Since 9,462,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,462,880, 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).