Q: Is 9,779,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,779,232 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 9,779,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 32 43 46 48 69 86 92 96 103 129 138 172 184 206 258 276 309 344 368 412 516 552 618 688 736 824 989 1,032 1,104 1,236 1,376 1,648 1,978 2,064 2,208 2,369 2,472 2,967 3,296 3,956 4,128 4,429 4,738 4,944 5,934 7,107 7,912 8,858 9,476 9,888 11,868 13,287 14,214 15,824 17,716 18,952 23,736 26,574 28,428 31,648 35,432 37,904 47,472 53,148 56,856 70,864 75,808 94,944 101,867 106,296 113,712 141,728 203,734 212,592 227,424 305,601 407,468 425,184 611,202 814,936 1,222,404 1,629,872 2,444,808 3,259,744 4,889,616 and 9,779,232, with no remainder.

Since 9,779,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,779,232, 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).