Q: Is 9,585,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,585,432 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 9,585,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 108 199 216 223 398 446 597 669 796 892 1,194 1,338 1,592 1,784 1,791 2,007 2,388 2,676 3,582 4,014 4,776 5,352 5,373 6,021 7,164 8,028 10,746 12,042 14,328 16,056 21,492 24,084 42,984 44,377 48,168 88,754 133,131 177,508 266,262 355,016 399,393 532,524 798,786 1,065,048 1,198,179 1,597,572 2,396,358 3,195,144 4,792,716 and 9,585,432, with no remainder.

Since 9,585,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,585,432, 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).