Q: Is 9,610,596 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,610,596 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 9,610,596 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 27 36 46 53 54 69 73 92 106 108 138 146 159 207 212 219 276 292 318 414 438 477 621 636 657 828 876 954 1,219 1,242 1,314 1,431 1,679 1,908 1,971 2,438 2,484 2,628 2,862 3,358 3,657 3,869 3,942 4,876 5,037 5,724 6,716 7,314 7,738 7,884 10,074 10,971 11,607 14,628 15,111 15,476 20,148 21,942 23,214 30,222 32,913 34,821 43,884 45,333 46,428 60,444 65,826 69,642 88,987 90,666 104,463 131,652 139,284 177,974 181,332 208,926 266,961 355,948 417,852 533,922 800,883 1,067,844 1,601,766 2,402,649 3,203,532 4,805,298 and 9,610,596, with no remainder.

Since 9,610,596 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,610,596, 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).