Q: Is 9,472,980 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,472,980 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 9,472,980 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 30 31 33 44 55 60 62 66 93 110 124 132 155 165 186 220 310 330 341 372 463 465 620 660 682 926 930 1,023 1,364 1,389 1,705 1,852 1,860 2,046 2,315 2,778 3,410 4,092 4,630 5,093 5,115 5,556 6,820 6,945 9,260 10,186 10,230 13,890 14,353 15,279 20,372 20,460 25,465 27,780 28,706 30,558 43,059 50,930 57,412 61,116 71,765 76,395 86,118 101,860 143,530 152,790 157,883 172,236 215,295 287,060 305,580 315,766 430,590 473,649 631,532 789,415 861,180 947,298 1,578,830 1,894,596 2,368,245 3,157,660 4,736,490 and 9,472,980, with no remainder.

Since 9,472,980 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,472,980, 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).