Q: Is 9,645,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,645,216 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 9,645,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 31 32 42 48 56 62 84 93 96 112 124 168 186 217 224 248 336 372 434 463 496 651 672 744 868 926 992 1,302 1,389 1,488 1,736 1,852 2,604 2,778 2,976 3,241 3,472 3,704 5,208 5,556 6,482 6,944 7,408 9,723 10,416 11,112 12,964 14,353 14,816 19,446 20,832 22,224 25,928 28,706 38,892 43,059 44,448 51,856 57,412 77,784 86,118 100,471 103,712 114,824 155,568 172,236 200,942 229,648 301,413 311,136 344,472 401,884 459,296 602,826 688,944 803,768 1,205,652 1,377,888 1,607,536 2,411,304 3,215,072 4,822,608 and 9,645,216, with no remainder.

Since 9,645,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,645,216, 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).