Q: Is 9,531,108 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,531,108 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 9,531,108 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 27 36 46 54 69 81 92 108 138 162 207 276 324 414 621 828 1,242 1,279 1,863 2,484 2,558 3,726 3,837 5,116 7,452 7,674 11,511 15,348 23,022 29,417 34,533 46,044 58,834 69,066 88,251 103,599 117,668 138,132 176,502 207,198 264,753 353,004 414,396 529,506 794,259 1,059,012 1,588,518 2,382,777 3,177,036 4,765,554 and 9,531,108, with no remainder.

Since 9,531,108 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,531,108, 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).