Q: Is 9,831,588 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,831,588 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 9,831,588 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 19 26 31 38 39 52 57 62 76 78 93 107 114 124 156 186 214 228 247 321 372 403 428 494 589 642 741 806 988 1,178 1,209 1,284 1,391 1,482 1,612 1,767 2,033 2,356 2,418 2,782 2,964 3,317 3,534 4,066 4,173 4,836 5,564 6,099 6,634 7,068 7,657 8,132 8,346 9,951 12,198 13,268 15,314 16,692 19,902 22,971 24,396 26,429 30,628 39,804 43,121 45,942 52,858 63,023 79,287 86,242 91,884 105,716 126,046 129,363 158,574 172,484 189,069 252,092 258,726 317,148 378,138 517,452 756,276 819,299 1,638,598 2,457,897 3,277,196 4,915,794 and 9,831,588, with no remainder.

Since 9,831,588 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,831,588, 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).