Q: Is 9,485,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,485,940 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 9,485,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 19 20 30 38 53 57 60 76 95 106 114 157 159 190 212 228 265 285 314 318 380 471 530 570 628 636 785 795 942 1,007 1,060 1,140 1,570 1,590 1,884 2,014 2,355 2,983 3,021 3,140 3,180 4,028 4,710 5,035 5,966 6,042 8,321 8,949 9,420 10,070 11,932 12,084 14,915 15,105 16,642 17,898 20,140 24,963 29,830 30,210 33,284 35,796 41,605 44,745 49,926 59,660 60,420 83,210 89,490 99,852 124,815 158,099 166,420 178,980 249,630 316,198 474,297 499,260 632,396 790,495 948,594 1,580,990 1,897,188 2,371,485 3,161,980 4,742,970 and 9,485,940, with no remainder.

Since 9,485,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,485,940, 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).