Q: Is 9,661,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,661,960 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 9,661,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 20 22 28 35 40 44 55 56 70 77 88 110 140 154 220 280 308 385 440 616 770 1,540 3,080 3,137 6,274 12,548 15,685 21,959 25,096 31,370 34,507 43,918 62,740 69,014 87,836 109,795 125,480 138,028 172,535 175,672 219,590 241,549 276,056 345,070 439,180 483,098 690,140 878,360 966,196 1,207,745 1,380,280 1,932,392 2,415,490 4,830,980 and 9,661,960, with no remainder.

Since 9,661,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,661,960, 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).