Q: Is 9,617,688 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,617,688 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 9,617,688 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 31 36 62 72 93 124 139 186 248 278 279 372 417 556 558 744 834 961 1,112 1,116 1,251 1,668 1,922 2,232 2,502 2,883 3,336 3,844 4,309 5,004 5,766 7,688 8,618 8,649 10,008 11,532 12,927 17,236 17,298 23,064 25,854 34,472 34,596 38,781 51,708 69,192 77,562 103,416 133,579 155,124 267,158 310,248 400,737 534,316 801,474 1,068,632 1,202,211 1,602,948 2,404,422 3,205,896 4,808,844 and 9,617,688, with no remainder.

Since 9,617,688 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,617,688, 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).