Q: Is 9,700,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,700,704 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 9,700,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 72 78 96 104 117 144 156 208 234 288 312 416 468 624 936 1,248 1,872 2,591 3,744 5,182 7,773 10,364 15,546 20,728 23,319 31,092 33,683 41,456 46,638 62,184 67,366 82,912 93,276 101,049 124,368 134,732 186,552 202,098 248,736 269,464 303,147 373,104 404,196 538,928 606,294 746,208 808,392 1,077,856 1,212,588 1,616,784 2,425,176 3,233,568 4,850,352 and 9,700,704, with no remainder.

Since 9,700,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,700,704, 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).