Q: Is 9,646,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,646,704 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 9,646,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 31 36 48 62 72 93 124 144 186 248 279 372 496 558 744 1,116 1,488 2,161 2,232 4,322 4,464 6,483 8,644 12,966 17,288 19,449 25,932 34,576 38,898 51,864 66,991 77,796 103,728 133,982 155,592 200,973 267,964 311,184 401,946 535,928 602,919 803,892 1,071,856 1,205,838 1,607,784 2,411,676 3,215,568 4,823,352 and 9,646,704, with no remainder.

Since 9,646,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,646,704, 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).