Q: Is 9,723,592 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,723,592 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 9,723,592 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 17 19 34 38 53 68 71 76 106 136 142 152 212 284 323 424 568 646 901 1,007 1,207 1,292 1,349 1,802 2,014 2,414 2,584 2,698 3,604 3,763 4,028 4,828 5,396 7,208 7,526 8,056 9,656 10,792 15,052 17,119 22,933 30,104 34,238 45,866 63,971 68,476 71,497 91,732 127,942 136,952 142,994 183,464 255,884 285,988 511,768 571,976 1,215,449 2,430,898 4,861,796 and 9,723,592, with no remainder.

Since 9,723,592 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,723,592, 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).