Q: Is 9,738,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,738,640 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 9,738,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 19 20 38 40 43 76 80 86 95 149 152 172 190 215 298 304 344 380 430 596 688 745 760 817 860 1,192 1,490 1,520 1,634 1,720 2,384 2,831 2,980 3,268 3,440 4,085 5,662 5,960 6,407 6,536 8,170 11,324 11,920 12,814 13,072 14,155 16,340 22,648 25,628 28,310 32,035 32,680 45,296 51,256 56,620 64,070 65,360 102,512 113,240 121,733 128,140 226,480 243,466 256,280 486,932 512,560 608,665 973,864 1,217,330 1,947,728 2,434,660 4,869,320 and 9,738,640, with no remainder.

Since 9,738,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,738,640, 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).