Q: Is 9,578,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,578,304 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 9,578,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 32 36 46 48 54 64 69 72 92 96 108 138 144 184 192 207 216 241 276 288 368 414 432 482 552 576 621 723 736 828 864 964 1,104 1,242 1,446 1,472 1,656 1,728 1,928 2,169 2,208 2,484 2,892 3,312 3,856 4,338 4,416 4,968 5,543 5,784 6,507 6,624 7,712 8,676 9,936 11,086 11,568 13,014 13,248 15,424 16,629 17,352 19,872 22,172 23,136 26,028 33,258 34,704 39,744 44,344 46,272 49,887 52,056 66,516 69,408 88,688 99,774 104,112 133,032 138,816 149,661 177,376 199,548 208,224 266,064 299,322 354,752 399,096 416,448 532,128 598,644 798,192 1,064,256 1,197,288 1,596,384 2,394,576 3,192,768 4,789,152 and 9,578,304, with no remainder.

Since 9,578,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,578,304, 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).