Q: Is 9,637,128 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,637,128 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 9,637,128 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 137 274 411 548 822 977 1,096 1,233 1,644 1,954 2,466 2,931 3,288 3,908 4,932 5,862 7,816 8,793 9,864 11,724 17,586 23,448 35,172 70,344 133,849 267,698 401,547 535,396 803,094 1,070,792 1,204,641 1,606,188 2,409,282 3,212,376 4,818,564 and 9,637,128, with no remainder.

Since 9,637,128 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,637,128, 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).