Q: Is 9,793,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,793,872 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 9,793,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 81 88 99 108 132 144 162 176 198 216 229 243 264 297 324 396 432 458 486 528 594 648 687 792 891 916 972 1,188 1,296 1,374 1,584 1,782 1,832 1,944 2,061 2,376 2,519 2,673 2,748 3,564 3,664 3,888 4,122 4,752 5,038 5,346 5,496 6,183 7,128 7,557 8,244 10,076 10,692 10,992 12,366 14,256 15,114 16,488 18,549 20,152 21,384 22,671 24,732 30,228 32,976 37,098 40,304 42,768 45,342 49,464 55,647 60,456 68,013 74,196 90,684 98,928 111,294 120,912 136,026 148,392 181,368 204,039 222,588 272,052 296,784 362,736 408,078 445,176 544,104 612,117 816,156 890,352 1,088,208 1,224,234 1,632,312 2,448,468 3,264,624 4,896,936 and 9,793,872, with no remainder.

Since 9,793,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,793,872, 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).