Q: Is 9,806,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,806,640 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 9,806,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 29 30 40 48 58 60 80 87 116 120 145 174 232 240 290 348 435 464 580 696 870 1,160 1,392 1,409 1,740 2,320 2,818 3,480 4,227 5,636 6,960 7,045 8,454 11,272 14,090 16,908 21,135 22,544 28,180 33,816 40,861 42,270 56,360 67,632 81,722 84,540 112,720 122,583 163,444 169,080 204,305 245,166 326,888 338,160 408,610 490,332 612,915 653,776 817,220 980,664 1,225,830 1,634,440 1,961,328 2,451,660 3,268,880 4,903,320 and 9,806,640, with no remainder.

Since 9,806,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,806,640, 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).