Q: Is 9,652,656 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,652,656 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 9,652,656 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 31 39 48 52 62 78 93 104 124 156 186 208 248 312 372 403 496 499 624 744 806 998 1,209 1,488 1,497 1,612 1,996 2,418 2,994 3,224 3,992 4,836 5,988 6,448 6,487 7,984 9,672 11,976 12,974 15,469 19,344 19,461 23,952 25,948 30,938 38,922 46,407 51,896 61,876 77,844 92,814 103,792 123,752 155,688 185,628 201,097 247,504 311,376 371,256 402,194 603,291 742,512 804,388 1,206,582 1,608,776 2,413,164 3,217,552 4,826,328 and 9,652,656, with no remainder.

Since 9,652,656 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,652,656, 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).