Q: Is 9,657,032 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,657,032 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 9,657,032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 44 56 61 77 88 122 154 244 257 308 427 488 514 616 671 854 1,028 1,342 1,708 1,799 2,056 2,684 2,827 3,416 3,598 4,697 5,368 5,654 7,196 9,394 11,308 14,392 15,677 18,788 19,789 22,616 31,354 37,576 39,578 62,708 79,156 109,739 125,416 158,312 172,447 219,478 344,894 438,956 689,788 877,912 1,207,129 1,379,576 2,414,258 4,828,516 and 9,657,032, with no remainder.

Since 9,657,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,657,032, 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).