Q: Is 9,476,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,476,720 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 9,476,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 40 44 55 80 88 89 110 121 176 178 220 242 356 440 445 484 605 712 880 890 968 979 1,210 1,331 1,424 1,780 1,936 1,958 2,420 2,662 3,560 3,916 4,840 4,895 5,324 6,655 7,120 7,832 9,680 9,790 10,648 10,769 13,310 15,664 19,580 21,296 21,538 26,620 39,160 43,076 53,240 53,845 78,320 86,152 106,480 107,690 118,459 172,304 215,380 236,918 430,760 473,836 592,295 861,520 947,672 1,184,590 1,895,344 2,369,180 4,738,360 and 9,476,720, with no remainder.

Since 9,476,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,476,720, 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).