Q: Is 9,489,438 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,489,438 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 9,489,438 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 29 42 49 53 58 63 87 98 106 126 147 159 174 203 261 294 318 343 371 406 441 477 522 609 686 742 882 954 1,029 1,113 1,218 1,421 1,537 1,827 2,058 2,226 2,597 2,842 3,074 3,087 3,339 3,654 4,263 4,611 5,194 6,174 6,678 7,791 8,526 9,222 9,947 10,759 12,789 13,833 15,582 18,179 19,894 21,518 23,373 25,578 27,666 29,841 32,277 36,358 46,746 54,537 59,682 64,554 75,313 89,523 96,831 109,074 150,626 163,611 179,046 193,662 225,939 327,222 451,878 527,191 677,817 1,054,382 1,355,634 1,581,573 3,163,146 4,744,719 and 9,489,438, with no remainder.

Since 9,489,438 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,489,438, 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).