Q: Is 9,703,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,703,008 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 9,703,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 224 252 288 336 504 672 1,008 2,016 4,813 9,626 14,439 19,252 28,878 33,691 38,504 43,317 57,756 67,382 77,008 86,634 101,073 115,512 134,764 154,016 173,268 202,146 231,024 269,528 303,219 346,536 404,292 462,048 539,056 606,438 693,072 808,584 1,078,112 1,212,876 1,386,144 1,617,168 2,425,752 3,234,336 4,851,504 and 9,703,008, with no remainder.

Since 9,703,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,703,008, 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).