Q: Is 9,678,570 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,678,570 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 9,678,570 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 22 30 33 55 66 110 139 165 211 278 330 417 422 633 695 834 1,055 1,266 1,390 1,529 2,085 2,110 2,321 3,058 3,165 4,170 4,587 4,642 6,330 6,963 7,645 9,174 11,605 13,926 15,290 22,935 23,210 29,329 34,815 45,870 58,658 69,630 87,987 146,645 175,974 293,290 322,619 439,935 645,238 879,870 967,857 1,613,095 1,935,714 3,226,190 4,839,285 and 9,678,570, with no remainder.

Since 9,678,570 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,678,570, 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).