Q: Is 9,558,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,558,672 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 9,558,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 38 47 48 57 76 94 114 141 152 188 223 228 282 304 376 446 456 564 669 752 892 893 912 1,128 1,338 1,784 1,786 2,256 2,676 2,679 3,568 3,572 4,237 5,352 5,358 7,144 8,474 10,481 10,704 10,716 12,711 14,288 16,948 20,962 21,432 25,422 31,443 33,896 41,924 42,864 50,844 62,886 67,792 83,848 101,688 125,772 167,696 199,139 203,376 251,544 398,278 503,088 597,417 796,556 1,194,834 1,593,112 2,389,668 3,186,224 4,779,336 and 9,558,672, with no remainder.

Since 9,558,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,558,672, 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).