Q: Is 9,543,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,543,960 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 9,543,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 54 60 72 90 108 120 135 180 216 270 360 540 1,080 8,837 17,674 26,511 35,348 44,185 53,022 70,696 79,533 88,370 106,044 132,555 159,066 176,740 212,088 238,599 265,110 318,132 353,480 397,665 477,198 530,220 636,264 795,330 954,396 1,060,440 1,192,995 1,590,660 1,908,792 2,385,990 3,181,320 4,771,980 and 9,543,960, with no remainder.

Since 9,543,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,543,960, 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).