Q: Is 9,574,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,574,440 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 9,574,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 23 24 30 40 46 60 69 92 115 120 138 184 230 276 345 460 552 690 920 1,380 2,760 3,469 6,938 10,407 13,876 17,345 20,814 27,752 34,690 41,628 52,035 69,380 79,787 83,256 104,070 138,760 159,574 208,140 239,361 319,148 398,935 416,280 478,722 638,296 797,870 957,444 1,196,805 1,595,740 1,914,888 2,393,610 3,191,480 4,787,220 and 9,574,440, with no remainder.

Since 9,574,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,574,440, 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).