Q: Is 9,750,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,750,540 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 9,750,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 60 101 202 303 404 505 606 1,010 1,212 1,515 1,609 2,020 3,030 3,218 4,827 6,060 6,436 8,045 9,654 16,090 19,308 24,135 32,180 48,270 96,540 162,509 325,018 487,527 650,036 812,545 975,054 1,625,090 1,950,108 2,437,635 3,250,180 4,875,270 and 9,750,540, with no remainder.

Since 9,750,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,750,540, 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).