Q: Is 9,797,360 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,797,360 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 9,797,360 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 29 40 41 58 80 82 103 116 145 164 205 206 232 290 328 410 412 464 515 580 656 820 824 1,030 1,160 1,189 1,640 1,648 2,060 2,320 2,378 2,987 3,280 4,120 4,223 4,756 5,945 5,974 8,240 8,446 9,512 11,890 11,948 14,935 16,892 19,024 21,115 23,780 23,896 29,870 33,784 42,230 47,560 47,792 59,740 67,568 84,460 95,120 119,480 122,467 168,920 238,960 244,934 337,840 489,868 612,335 979,736 1,224,670 1,959,472 2,449,340 4,898,680 and 9,797,360, with no remainder.

Since 9,797,360 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,797,360, 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).