Q: Is 9,723,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,723,840 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 9,723,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 28 30 32 35 40 42 48 56 60 64 70 80 84 96 105 112 120 140 160 168 192 210 224 240 280 320 336 420 448 480 560 672 840 960 1,120 1,344 1,447 1,680 2,240 2,894 3,360 4,341 5,788 6,720 7,235 8,682 10,129 11,576 14,470 17,364 20,258 21,705 23,152 28,940 30,387 34,728 40,516 43,410 46,304 50,645 57,880 60,774 69,456 81,032 86,820 92,608 101,290 115,760 121,548 138,912 151,935 162,064 173,640 202,580 231,520 243,096 277,824 303,870 324,128 347,280 405,160 463,040 486,192 607,740 648,256 694,560 810,320 972,384 1,215,480 1,389,120 1,620,640 1,944,768 2,430,960 3,241,280 4,861,920 and 9,723,840, with no remainder.

Since 9,723,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,723,840, 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).