Q: Is 9,596,796 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,596,796 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 9,596,796 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 23 29 33 44 46 58 66 69 87 92 109 116 132 138 174 218 253 276 319 327 348 436 506 638 654 667 759 957 1,012 1,199 1,276 1,308 1,334 1,518 1,914 2,001 2,398 2,507 2,668 3,036 3,161 3,597 3,828 4,002 4,796 5,014 6,322 7,194 7,337 7,521 8,004 9,483 10,028 12,644 14,388 14,674 15,042 18,966 22,011 27,577 29,348 30,084 34,771 37,932 44,022 55,154 69,542 72,703 82,731 88,044 104,313 110,308 139,084 145,406 165,462 208,626 218,109 290,812 330,924 417,252 436,218 799,733 872,436 1,599,466 2,399,199 3,198,932 4,798,398 and 9,596,796, with no remainder.

Since 9,596,796 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,596,796, 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).