Q: Is 9,684,948 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,684,948 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 9,684,948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 26 28 39 42 49 52 78 84 91 98 147 156 181 182 196 273 294 343 362 364 543 546 588 637 686 724 1,029 1,086 1,092 1,267 1,274 1,372 1,911 2,058 2,172 2,353 2,534 2,548 3,801 3,822 4,116 4,459 4,706 5,068 7,059 7,602 7,644 8,869 8,918 9,412 13,377 14,118 15,204 16,471 17,738 17,836 26,607 26,754 28,236 32,942 35,476 49,413 53,214 53,508 62,083 65,884 98,826 106,428 115,297 124,166 186,249 197,652 230,594 248,332 345,891 372,498 461,188 691,782 744,996 807,079 1,383,564 1,614,158 2,421,237 3,228,316 4,842,474 and 9,684,948, with no remainder.

Since 9,684,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,684,948, 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).