Q: Is 9,796,680 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,796,680 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 9,796,680 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 47 54 60 72 90 94 108 120 135 141 180 188 193 216 235 270 282 360 376 386 423 470 540 564 579 705 772 846 940 965 1,080 1,128 1,158 1,269 1,410 1,544 1,692 1,737 1,880 1,930 2,115 2,316 2,538 2,820 2,895 3,384 3,474 3,860 4,230 4,632 5,076 5,211 5,640 5,790 6,345 6,948 7,720 8,460 8,685 9,071 10,152 10,422 11,580 12,690 13,896 16,920 17,370 18,142 20,844 23,160 25,380 26,055 27,213 34,740 36,284 41,688 45,355 50,760 52,110 54,426 69,480 72,568 81,639 90,710 104,220 108,852 136,065 163,278 181,420 208,440 217,704 244,917 272,130 326,556 362,840 408,195 489,834 544,260 653,112 816,390 979,668 1,088,520 1,224,585 1,632,780 1,959,336 2,449,170 3,265,560 4,898,340 and 9,796,680, with no remainder.

Since 9,796,680 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,796,680, 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).