Q: Is 9,730,188 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,730,188 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 9,730,188 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 17 18 26 34 36 39 51 52 68 78 102 117 153 156 204 221 234 306 442 468 612 663 884 1,223 1,326 1,989 2,446 2,652 3,669 3,978 4,892 7,338 7,956 11,007 14,676 15,899 20,791 22,014 31,798 41,582 44,028 47,697 62,373 63,596 83,164 95,394 124,746 143,091 187,119 190,788 249,492 270,283 286,182 374,238 540,566 572,364 748,476 810,849 1,081,132 1,621,698 2,432,547 3,243,396 4,865,094 and 9,730,188, with no remainder.

Since 9,730,188 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,730,188, 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).