Q: Is 9,706,284 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,706,284 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 9,706,284 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 37 42 54 63 74 84 108 111 126 148 189 222 252 259 333 347 378 444 518 666 694 756 777 999 1,036 1,041 1,332 1,388 1,554 1,998 2,082 2,331 2,429 3,108 3,123 3,996 4,164 4,662 4,858 6,246 6,993 7,287 9,324 9,369 9,716 12,492 12,839 13,986 14,574 18,738 21,861 25,678 27,972 29,148 37,476 38,517 43,722 51,356 65,583 77,034 87,444 89,873 115,551 131,166 154,068 179,746 231,102 262,332 269,619 346,653 359,492 462,204 539,238 693,306 808,857 1,078,476 1,386,612 1,617,714 2,426,571 3,235,428 4,853,142 and 9,706,284, with no remainder.

Since 9,706,284 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,706,284, 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).