Q: Is 9,725,364 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,725,364 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 9,725,364 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 41 44 66 82 99 123 132 164 198 246 369 396 451 492 599 738 902 1,198 1,353 1,476 1,797 1,804 2,396 2,706 3,594 4,059 5,391 5,412 6,589 7,188 8,118 10,782 13,178 16,236 19,767 21,564 24,559 26,356 39,534 49,118 59,301 73,677 79,068 98,236 118,602 147,354 221,031 237,204 270,149 294,708 442,062 540,298 810,447 884,124 1,080,596 1,620,894 2,431,341 3,241,788 4,862,682 and 9,725,364, with no remainder.

Since 9,725,364 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,725,364, 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).