Q: Is 9,543,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,543,248 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 9,543,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 16 22 26 43 44 52 86 88 97 104 143 172 176 194 208 286 344 388 473 559 572 688 776 946 1,067 1,118 1,144 1,261 1,552 1,892 2,134 2,236 2,288 2,522 3,784 4,171 4,268 4,472 5,044 6,149 7,568 8,342 8,536 8,944 10,088 12,298 13,871 16,684 17,072 20,176 24,596 27,742 33,368 45,881 49,192 54,223 55,484 66,736 91,762 98,384 108,446 110,968 183,524 216,892 221,936 367,048 433,784 596,453 734,096 867,568 1,192,906 2,385,812 4,771,624 and 9,543,248, with no remainder.

Since 9,543,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,543,248, 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).