Q: Is 9,769,305 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,769,305 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 9,769,305 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 13 15 17 21 35 39 51 65 85 91 105 119 195 221 255 273 357 421 455 595 663 1,105 1,263 1,365 1,547 1,785 2,105 2,947 3,315 4,641 5,473 6,315 7,157 7,735 8,841 14,735 16,419 21,471 23,205 27,365 35,785 38,311 44,205 50,099 82,095 93,041 107,355 114,933 150,297 191,555 250,495 279,123 465,205 574,665 651,287 751,485 1,395,615 1,953,861 3,256,435 and 9,769,305, with no remainder.

Since 9,769,305 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,769,305, 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).