Q: Is 9,540,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,540,240 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 9,540,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 120 127 240 254 313 381 508 626 635 762 939 1,016 1,252 1,270 1,524 1,565 1,878 1,905 2,032 2,504 2,540 3,048 3,130 3,756 3,810 4,695 5,008 5,080 6,096 6,260 7,512 7,620 9,390 10,160 12,520 15,024 15,240 18,780 25,040 30,480 37,560 39,751 75,120 79,502 119,253 159,004 198,755 238,506 318,008 397,510 477,012 596,265 636,016 795,020 954,024 1,192,530 1,590,040 1,908,048 2,385,060 3,180,080 4,770,120 and 9,540,240, with no remainder.

Since 9,540,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,540,240, 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).