Q: Is 9,729,324 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,729,324 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 9,729,324 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 44 66 79 99 132 158 198 237 311 316 396 474 622 711 869 933 948 1,244 1,422 1,738 1,866 2,607 2,799 2,844 3,421 3,476 3,732 5,214 5,598 6,842 7,821 10,263 10,428 11,196 13,684 15,642 20,526 24,569 30,789 31,284 41,052 49,138 61,578 73,707 98,276 123,156 147,414 221,121 270,259 294,828 442,242 540,518 810,777 884,484 1,081,036 1,621,554 2,432,331 3,243,108 4,864,662 and 9,729,324, with no remainder.

Since 9,729,324 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,729,324, 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).