Q: Is 9,762,522 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,762,522 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 9,762,522 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 17 21 22 33 34 42 51 66 77 102 113 119 121 154 187 226 231 238 242 339 357 363 374 462 561 678 714 726 791 847 1,122 1,243 1,309 1,582 1,694 1,921 2,057 2,373 2,486 2,541 2,618 3,729 3,842 3,927 4,114 4,746 5,082 5,763 6,171 7,458 7,854 8,701 11,526 12,342 13,447 13,673 14,399 17,402 21,131 26,103 26,894 27,346 28,798 40,341 41,019 42,262 43,197 52,206 63,393 80,682 82,038 86,394 95,711 126,786 147,917 191,422 232,441 287,133 295,834 443,751 464,882 574,266 697,323 887,502 1,394,646 1,627,087 3,254,174 4,881,261 and 9,762,522, with no remainder.

Since 9,762,522 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,762,522, 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).