Q: Is 9,543,820 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,543,820 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 9,543,820 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 11 13 20 22 26 44 47 52 55 65 71 94 110 130 142 143 188 220 235 260 284 286 355 470 517 572 611 710 715 781 923 940 1,034 1,222 1,420 1,430 1,562 1,846 2,068 2,444 2,585 2,860 3,055 3,124 3,337 3,692 3,905 4,615 5,170 6,110 6,674 6,721 7,810 9,230 10,153 10,340 12,220 13,348 13,442 15,620 16,685 18,460 20,306 26,884 33,370 33,605 36,707 40,612 43,381 50,765 66,740 67,210 73,414 86,762 101,530 134,420 146,828 173,524 183,535 203,060 216,905 367,070 433,810 477,191 734,140 867,620 954,382 1,908,764 2,385,955 4,771,910 and 9,543,820, with no remainder.

Since 9,543,820 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,543,820, 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).