Q: Is 9,586,998 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,586,998 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 9,586,998 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 23 27 31 46 54 62 69 81 83 93 138 162 166 186 207 249 279 414 498 558 621 713 747 837 1,242 1,426 1,494 1,674 1,863 1,909 2,139 2,241 2,511 2,573 3,726 3,818 4,278 4,482 5,022 5,146 5,727 6,417 6,723 7,719 11,454 12,834 13,446 15,438 17,181 19,251 23,157 34,362 38,502 46,314 51,543 57,753 59,179 69,471 103,086 115,506 118,358 138,942 154,629 177,537 208,413 309,258 355,074 416,826 532,611 1,065,222 1,597,833 3,195,666 4,793,499 and 9,586,998, with no remainder.

Since 9,586,998 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,586,998, 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).