Q: Is 9,806,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,806,720 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 9,806,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 14 16 20 22 28 32 35 40 44 55 56 64 70 77 80 88 110 112 128 140 154 160 176 199 220 224 280 308 320 352 385 398 440 448 560 616 640 704 770 796 880 896 995 1,120 1,232 1,393 1,408 1,540 1,592 1,760 1,990 2,189 2,240 2,464 2,786 3,080 3,184 3,520 3,980 4,378 4,480 4,928 5,572 6,160 6,368 6,965 7,040 7,960 8,756 9,856 10,945 11,144 12,320 12,736 13,930 15,323 15,920 17,512 21,890 22,288 24,640 25,472 27,860 30,646 31,840 35,024 43,780 44,576 49,280 55,720 61,292 63,680 70,048 76,615 87,560 89,152 111,440 122,584 127,360 140,096 153,230 175,120 178,304 222,880 245,168 280,192 306,460 350,240 445,760 490,336 612,920 700,480 891,520 980,672 1,225,840 1,400,960 1,961,344 2,451,680 4,903,360 and 9,806,720, with no remainder.

Since 9,806,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,806,720, 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).