Q: Is 9,726,486 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,726,486 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 9,726,486 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 33 37 42 66 74 77 111 154 222 231 259 407 462 518 569 777 814 1,138 1,221 1,554 1,707 2,442 2,849 3,414 3,983 5,698 6,259 7,966 8,547 11,949 12,518 17,094 18,777 21,053 23,898 37,554 42,106 43,813 63,159 87,626 126,318 131,439 147,371 231,583 262,878 294,742 442,113 463,166 694,749 884,226 1,389,498 1,621,081 3,242,162 4,863,243 and 9,726,486, with no remainder.

Since 9,726,486 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,726,486, 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).