Q: Is 9,734,700 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,734,700 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 9,734,700 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 25 30 37 50 60 74 75 100 111 148 150 185 222 300 370 444 555 740 877 925 1,110 1,754 1,850 2,220 2,631 2,775 3,508 3,700 4,385 5,262 5,550 8,770 10,524 11,100 13,155 17,540 21,925 26,310 32,449 43,850 52,620 64,898 65,775 87,700 97,347 129,796 131,550 162,245 194,694 263,100 324,490 389,388 486,735 648,980 811,225 973,470 1,622,450 1,946,940 2,433,675 3,244,900 4,867,350 and 9,734,700, with no remainder.

Since 9,734,700 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,734,700, 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).