Q: Is 9,774,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,774,480 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 9,774,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 120 139 240 278 293 417 556 586 695 834 879 1,112 1,172 1,390 1,465 1,668 1,758 2,085 2,224 2,344 2,780 2,930 3,336 3,516 4,170 4,395 4,688 5,560 5,860 6,672 7,032 8,340 8,790 11,120 11,720 14,064 16,680 17,580 23,440 33,360 35,160 40,727 70,320 81,454 122,181 162,908 203,635 244,362 325,816 407,270 488,724 610,905 651,632 814,540 977,448 1,221,810 1,629,080 1,954,896 2,443,620 3,258,160 4,887,240 and 9,774,480, with no remainder.

Since 9,774,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,774,480, 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).