Q: Is 9,668,568 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,668,568 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 9,668,568 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 19 21 24 26 28 38 39 42 52 56 57 76 78 84 91 104 114 133 152 156 168 182 228 233 247 266 273 312 364 399 456 466 494 532 546 699 728 741 798 932 988 1,064 1,092 1,398 1,482 1,596 1,631 1,729 1,864 1,976 2,184 2,796 2,964 3,029 3,192 3,262 3,458 4,427 4,893 5,187 5,592 5,928 6,058 6,524 6,916 8,854 9,087 9,786 10,374 12,116 13,048 13,281 13,832 17,708 18,174 19,572 20,748 21,203 24,232 26,562 30,989 35,416 36,348 39,144 41,496 42,406 53,124 57,551 61,978 63,609 72,696 84,812 92,967 106,248 115,102 123,956 127,218 169,624 172,653 185,934 230,204 247,912 254,436 345,306 371,868 402,857 460,408 508,872 690,612 743,736 805,714 1,208,571 1,381,224 1,611,428 2,417,142 3,222,856 4,834,284 and 9,668,568, with no remainder.

Since 9,668,568 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,668,568, 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).