Q: Is 9,583,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,583,704 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 9,583,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 156 216 234 312 351 468 702 936 1,404 2,808 3,413 6,826 10,239 13,652 20,478 27,304 30,717 40,956 44,369 61,434 81,912 88,738 92,151 122,868 133,107 177,476 184,302 245,736 266,214 354,952 368,604 399,321 532,428 737,208 798,642 1,064,856 1,197,963 1,597,284 2,395,926 3,194,568 4,791,852 and 9,583,704, with no remainder.

Since 9,583,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,583,704, 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).