Q: Is 9,583,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,583,840 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 9,583,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 32 35 40 43 56 70 80 86 112 140 160 172 199 215 224 280 301 344 398 430 560 602 688 796 860 995 1,120 1,204 1,376 1,393 1,505 1,592 1,720 1,990 2,408 2,786 3,010 3,184 3,440 3,980 4,816 5,572 6,020 6,368 6,880 6,965 7,960 8,557 9,632 11,144 12,040 13,930 15,920 17,114 22,288 24,080 27,860 31,840 34,228 42,785 44,576 48,160 55,720 59,899 68,456 85,570 111,440 119,798 136,912 171,140 222,880 239,596 273,824 299,495 342,280 479,192 598,990 684,560 958,384 1,197,980 1,369,120 1,916,768 2,395,960 4,791,920 and 9,583,840, with no remainder.

Since 9,583,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,583,840, 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).