Q: Is 9,588,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,588,672 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 9,588,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 31 32 36 48 54 62 64 72 93 96 108 124 144 179 186 192 216 248 279 288 358 372 432 496 537 558 576 716 744 837 864 992 1,074 1,116 1,432 1,488 1,611 1,674 1,728 1,984 2,148 2,232 2,864 2,976 3,222 3,348 4,296 4,464 4,833 5,549 5,728 5,952 6,444 6,696 8,592 8,928 9,666 11,098 11,456 12,888 13,392 16,647 17,184 17,856 19,332 22,196 25,776 26,784 33,294 34,368 38,664 44,392 49,941 51,552 53,568 66,588 77,328 88,784 99,882 103,104 133,176 149,823 154,656 177,568 199,764 266,352 299,646 309,312 355,136 399,528 532,704 599,292 799,056 1,065,408 1,198,584 1,598,112 2,397,168 3,196,224 4,794,336 and 9,588,672, with no remainder.

Since 9,588,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,588,672, 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).