Q: Is 9,575,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,575,240 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 9,575,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 19 20 38 40 43 76 86 95 152 172 190 215 293 344 380 430 586 760 817 860 1,172 1,465 1,634 1,720 2,344 2,930 3,268 4,085 5,567 5,860 6,536 8,170 11,134 11,720 12,599 16,340 22,268 25,198 27,835 32,680 44,536 50,396 55,670 62,995 100,792 111,340 125,990 222,680 239,381 251,980 478,762 503,960 957,524 1,196,905 1,915,048 2,393,810 4,787,620 and 9,575,240, with no remainder.

Since 9,575,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,575,240, 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).