Q: Is 9,611,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,611,240 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 9,611,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 23 31 40 46 62 92 115 124 155 184 230 248 310 337 460 620 674 713 920 1,240 1,348 1,426 1,685 2,696 2,852 3,370 3,565 5,704 6,740 7,130 7,751 10,447 13,480 14,260 15,502 20,894 28,520 31,004 38,755 41,788 52,235 62,008 77,510 83,576 104,470 155,020 208,940 240,281 310,040 417,880 480,562 961,124 1,201,405 1,922,248 2,402,810 4,805,620 and 9,611,240, with no remainder.

Since 9,611,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,611,240, 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).