Q: Is 9,798,984 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,798,984 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 9,798,984 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 19 24 26 29 36 38 39 52 57 58 72 76 78 87 104 114 116 117 152 156 171 174 228 232 234 247 261 312 342 348 361 377 456 468 494 522 551 684 696 722 741 754 936 988 1,044 1,083 1,102 1,131 1,368 1,444 1,482 1,508 1,653 1,976 2,088 2,166 2,204 2,223 2,262 2,888 2,964 3,016 3,249 3,306 3,393 4,332 4,408 4,446 4,524 4,693 4,959 5,928 6,498 6,612 6,786 7,163 8,664 8,892 9,048 9,386 9,918 10,469 12,996 13,224 13,572 14,079 14,326 17,784 18,772 19,836 20,938 21,489 25,992 27,144 28,158 28,652 31,407 37,544 39,672 41,876 42,237 42,978 56,316 57,304 62,814 64,467 83,752 84,474 85,956 94,221 112,632 125,628 128,934 136,097 168,948 171,912 188,442 251,256 257,868 272,194 337,896 376,884 408,291 515,736 544,388 753,768 816,582 1,088,776 1,224,873 1,633,164 2,449,746 3,266,328 4,899,492 and 9,798,984, with no remainder.

Since 9,798,984 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,798,984, 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).