Q: Is 9,487,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,487,320 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 9,487,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 173 346 457 519 692 865 914 1,038 1,371 1,384 1,730 1,828 2,076 2,285 2,595 2,742 3,460 3,656 4,152 4,570 5,190 5,484 6,855 6,920 9,140 10,380 10,968 13,710 18,280 20,760 27,420 54,840 79,061 158,122 237,183 316,244 395,305 474,366 632,488 790,610 948,732 1,185,915 1,581,220 1,897,464 2,371,830 3,162,440 4,743,660 and 9,487,320, with no remainder.

Since 9,487,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,487,320, 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).