Q: Is 9,465,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,465,328 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 9,465,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 23 34 46 68 89 92 136 178 184 272 289 356 368 391 578 712 782 1,156 1,424 1,513 1,564 2,047 2,312 3,026 3,128 4,094 4,624 6,052 6,256 6,647 8,188 12,104 13,294 16,376 24,208 25,721 26,588 32,752 34,799 51,442 53,176 69,598 102,884 106,352 139,196 205,768 278,392 411,536 556,784 591,583 1,183,166 2,366,332 4,732,664 and 9,465,328, with no remainder.

Since 9,465,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,465,328, 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).