Q: Is 9,589,788 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,589,788 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 9,589,788 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 31 36 39 52 62 78 93 117 124 156 186 234 279 372 403 468 558 661 806 1,116 1,209 1,322 1,612 1,983 2,418 2,644 3,627 3,966 4,836 5,949 7,254 7,932 8,593 11,898 14,508 17,186 20,491 23,796 25,779 34,372 40,982 51,558 61,473 77,337 81,964 103,116 122,946 154,674 184,419 245,892 266,383 309,348 368,838 532,766 737,676 799,149 1,065,532 1,598,298 2,397,447 3,196,596 4,794,894 and 9,589,788, with no remainder.

Since 9,589,788 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,589,788, 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).