Q: Is 9,549,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,549,504 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 9,549,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 59 64 72 96 118 144 177 192 236 281 288 354 472 531 562 576 708 843 944 1,062 1,124 1,416 1,686 1,888 2,124 2,248 2,529 2,832 3,372 3,776 4,248 4,496 5,058 5,664 6,744 8,496 8,992 10,116 11,328 13,488 16,579 16,992 17,984 20,232 26,976 33,158 33,984 40,464 49,737 53,952 66,316 80,928 99,474 132,632 149,211 161,856 198,948 265,264 298,422 397,896 530,528 596,844 795,792 1,061,056 1,193,688 1,591,584 2,387,376 3,183,168 4,774,752 and 9,549,504, with no remainder.

Since 9,549,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,549,504, 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).