Q: Is 9,720,816 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,720,816 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 9,720,816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 49 56 84 98 112 147 168 196 294 336 392 588 784 1,176 2,352 4,133 8,266 12,399 16,532 24,798 28,931 33,064 49,596 57,862 66,128 86,793 99,192 115,724 173,586 198,384 202,517 231,448 347,172 405,034 462,896 607,551 694,344 810,068 1,215,102 1,388,688 1,620,136 2,430,204 3,240,272 4,860,408 and 9,720,816, with no remainder.

Since 9,720,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,720,816, 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).