Q: Is 9,730,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,730,000 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 9,730,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 25 28 35 40 50 56 70 80 100 112 125 139 140 175 200 250 278 280 350 400 500 556 560 625 695 700 875 973 1,000 1,112 1,250 1,390 1,400 1,750 1,946 2,000 2,224 2,500 2,780 2,800 3,475 3,500 3,892 4,375 4,865 5,000 5,560 6,950 7,000 7,784 8,750 9,730 10,000 11,120 13,900 14,000 15,568 17,375 17,500 19,460 24,325 27,800 34,750 35,000 38,920 48,650 55,600 69,500 70,000 77,840 86,875 97,300 121,625 139,000 173,750 194,600 243,250 278,000 347,500 389,200 486,500 608,125 695,000 973,000 1,216,250 1,390,000 1,946,000 2,432,500 4,865,000 and 9,730,000, with no remainder.

Since 9,730,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,730,000, 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).