Q: Is 9,595,980 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,595,980 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 9,595,980 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 89 90 178 180 267 356 445 534 599 801 890 1,068 1,198 1,335 1,602 1,780 1,797 2,396 2,670 2,995 3,204 3,594 4,005 5,340 5,391 5,990 7,188 8,010 8,985 10,782 11,980 16,020 17,970 21,564 26,955 35,940 53,311 53,910 106,622 107,820 159,933 213,244 266,555 319,866 479,799 533,110 639,732 799,665 959,598 1,066,220 1,599,330 1,919,196 2,398,995 3,198,660 4,797,990 and 9,595,980, with no remainder.

Since 9,595,980 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,595,980, 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).