Q: Is 9,605,772 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,605,772 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 9,605,772 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 44 66 99 127 132 191 198 254 381 382 396 508 573 762 764 1,143 1,146 1,397 1,524 1,719 2,101 2,286 2,292 2,794 3,438 4,191 4,202 4,572 5,588 6,303 6,876 8,382 8,404 12,573 12,606 16,764 18,909 24,257 25,146 25,212 37,818 48,514 50,292 72,771 75,636 97,028 145,542 218,313 266,827 291,084 436,626 533,654 800,481 873,252 1,067,308 1,600,962 2,401,443 3,201,924 4,802,886 and 9,605,772, with no remainder.

Since 9,605,772 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,605,772, 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).