Q: Is 9,789,858 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,789,858 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 9,789,858 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 17 18 23 26 34 39 46 51 69 78 102 107 117 138 153 207 214 221 234 299 306 321 391 414 442 598 642 663 782 897 963 1,173 1,326 1,391 1,794 1,819 1,926 1,989 2,346 2,461 2,691 2,782 3,519 3,638 3,978 4,173 4,922 5,083 5,382 5,457 7,038 7,383 8,346 10,166 10,914 12,519 14,766 15,249 16,371 22,149 23,647 25,038 30,498 31,993 32,742 41,837 44,298 45,747 47,294 63,986 70,941 83,674 91,494 95,979 125,511 141,882 191,958 212,823 251,022 287,937 376,533 425,646 543,881 575,874 753,066 1,087,762 1,631,643 3,263,286 4,894,929 and 9,789,858, with no remainder.

Since 9,789,858 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,789,858, 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).