Q: Is 9,694,860 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,694,860 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 9,694,860 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 30 35 41 42 60 70 82 84 105 123 140 164 205 210 246 287 410 420 492 563 574 615 820 861 1,126 1,148 1,230 1,435 1,689 1,722 2,252 2,460 2,815 2,870 3,378 3,444 3,941 4,305 5,630 5,740 6,756 7,882 8,445 8,610 11,260 11,823 15,764 16,890 17,220 19,705 23,083 23,646 33,780 39,410 46,166 47,292 59,115 69,249 78,820 92,332 115,415 118,230 138,498 161,581 230,830 236,460 276,996 323,162 346,245 461,660 484,743 646,324 692,490 807,905 969,486 1,384,980 1,615,810 1,938,972 2,423,715 3,231,620 4,847,430 and 9,694,860, with no remainder.

Since 9,694,860 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,694,860, 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).