Q: Is 9,735,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,735,648 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 9,735,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 29 32 39 48 52 58 78 87 96 104 116 156 174 208 232 269 312 348 377 416 464 538 624 696 754 807 928 1,076 1,131 1,248 1,392 1,508 1,614 2,152 2,262 2,784 3,016 3,228 3,497 4,304 4,524 6,032 6,456 6,994 7,801 8,608 9,048 10,491 12,064 12,912 13,988 15,602 18,096 20,982 23,403 25,824 27,976 31,204 36,192 41,964 46,806 55,952 62,408 83,928 93,612 101,413 111,904 124,816 167,856 187,224 202,826 249,632 304,239 335,712 374,448 405,652 608,478 748,896 811,304 1,216,956 1,622,608 2,433,912 3,245,216 4,867,824 and 9,735,648, with no remainder.

Since 9,735,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,735,648, 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).