Q: Is 9,698,160 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,698,160 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 9,698,160 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 17 20 24 30 34 40 48 51 60 68 80 85 102 120 136 170 204 240 255 272 340 408 510 680 816 1,020 1,360 2,040 2,377 4,080 4,754 7,131 9,508 11,885 14,262 19,016 23,770 28,524 35,655 38,032 40,409 47,540 57,048 71,310 80,818 95,080 114,096 121,227 142,620 161,636 190,160 202,045 242,454 285,240 323,272 404,090 484,908 570,480 606,135 646,544 808,180 969,816 1,212,270 1,616,360 1,939,632 2,424,540 3,232,720 4,849,080 and 9,698,160, with no remainder.

Since 9,698,160 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,698,160, 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).