Q: Is 9,535,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,535,344 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 9,535,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 37 39 42 48 52 56 59 74 78 84 91 104 111 112 118 148 156 168 177 182 208 222 236 259 273 296 312 336 354 364 413 444 472 481 518 546 592 624 708 728 767 777 826 888 944 962 1,036 1,092 1,239 1,416 1,443 1,456 1,534 1,554 1,652 1,776 1,924 2,072 2,183 2,184 2,301 2,478 2,832 2,886 3,068 3,108 3,304 3,367 3,848 4,144 4,366 4,368 4,602 4,956 5,369 5,772 6,136 6,216 6,549 6,608 6,734 7,696 8,732 9,204 9,912 10,101 10,738 11,544 12,272 12,432 13,098 13,468 15,281 16,107 17,464 18,408 19,824 20,202 21,476 23,088 26,196 26,936 28,379 30,562 32,214 34,928 36,816 40,404 42,952 45,843 52,392 53,872 56,758 61,124 64,428 80,808 85,137 85,904 91,686 104,784 113,516 122,248 128,856 161,616 170,274 183,372 198,653 227,032 244,496 257,712 340,548 366,744 397,306 454,064 595,959 681,096 733,488 794,612 1,191,918 1,362,192 1,589,224 2,383,836 3,178,448 4,767,672 and 9,535,344, with no remainder.

Since 9,535,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,535,344, 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).