Q: Is 9,587,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,587,248 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 9,587,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 19 22 38 44 47 61 76 88 94 122 152 176 188 209 244 304 376 418 488 517 671 752 836 893 976 1,034 1,159 1,342 1,672 1,786 2,068 2,318 2,684 2,867 3,344 3,572 4,136 4,636 5,368 5,734 7,144 8,272 9,272 9,823 10,736 11,468 12,749 14,288 18,544 19,646 22,936 25,498 31,537 39,292 45,872 50,996 54,473 63,074 78,584 101,992 108,946 126,148 157,168 203,984 217,892 252,296 435,784 504,592 599,203 871,568 1,198,406 2,396,812 4,793,624 and 9,587,248, with no remainder.

Since 9,587,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,587,248, 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).