Q: Is 9,513,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,513,240 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 9,513,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 55 60 66 88 110 120 132 165 220 264 330 440 660 1,320 7,207 14,414 21,621 28,828 36,035 43,242 57,656 72,070 79,277 86,484 108,105 144,140 158,554 172,968 216,210 237,831 288,280 317,108 396,385 432,420 475,662 634,216 792,770 864,840 951,324 1,189,155 1,585,540 1,902,648 2,378,310 3,171,080 4,756,620 and 9,513,240, with no remainder.

Since 9,513,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,513,240, 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).