Q: Is 9,784,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,784,240 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 9,784,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 19 20 38 40 41 76 80 82 95 152 157 164 190 205 304 314 328 380 410 628 656 760 779 785 820 1,256 1,520 1,558 1,570 1,640 2,512 2,983 3,116 3,140 3,280 3,895 5,966 6,232 6,280 6,437 7,790 11,932 12,464 12,560 12,874 14,915 15,580 23,864 25,748 29,830 31,160 32,185 47,728 51,496 59,660 62,320 64,370 102,992 119,320 122,303 128,740 238,640 244,606 257,480 489,212 514,960 611,515 978,424 1,223,030 1,956,848 2,446,060 4,892,120 and 9,784,240, with no remainder.

Since 9,784,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,784,240, 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).