Q: Is 9,709,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,709,584 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 9,709,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 34 48 51 68 73 102 136 146 163 204 219 272 292 326 408 438 489 584 652 816 876 978 1,168 1,241 1,304 1,752 1,956 2,482 2,608 2,771 3,504 3,723 3,912 4,964 5,542 7,446 7,824 8,313 9,928 11,084 11,899 14,892 16,626 19,856 22,168 23,798 29,784 33,252 35,697 44,336 47,596 59,568 66,504 71,394 95,192 133,008 142,788 190,384 202,283 285,576 404,566 571,152 606,849 809,132 1,213,698 1,618,264 2,427,396 3,236,528 4,854,792 and 9,709,584, with no remainder.

Since 9,709,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,709,584, 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).