Q: Is 9,829,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,829,740 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 9,829,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 17 20 23 30 34 46 51 60 68 69 85 92 102 115 138 170 204 230 255 276 340 345 391 419 460 510 690 782 838 1,020 1,173 1,257 1,380 1,564 1,676 1,955 2,095 2,346 2,514 3,910 4,190 4,692 5,028 5,865 6,285 7,123 7,820 8,380 9,637 11,730 12,570 14,246 19,274 21,369 23,460 25,140 28,492 28,911 35,615 38,548 42,738 48,185 57,822 71,230 85,476 96,370 106,845 115,644 142,460 144,555 163,829 192,740 213,690 289,110 327,658 427,380 491,487 578,220 655,316 819,145 982,974 1,638,290 1,965,948 2,457,435 3,276,580 4,914,870 and 9,829,740, with no remainder.

Since 9,829,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,829,740, 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).