Q: Is 9,572,832 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,572,832 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 9,572,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 43 48 72 86 96 129 144 172 258 288 344 387 516 688 773 774 1,032 1,376 1,546 1,548 2,064 2,319 3,092 3,096 4,128 4,638 6,184 6,192 6,957 9,276 12,368 12,384 13,914 18,552 24,736 27,828 33,239 37,104 55,656 66,478 74,208 99,717 111,312 132,956 199,434 222,624 265,912 299,151 398,868 531,824 598,302 797,736 1,063,648 1,196,604 1,595,472 2,393,208 3,190,944 4,786,416 and 9,572,832, with no remainder.

Since 9,572,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,572,832, 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).