Q: Is 9,839,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,839,232 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 9,839,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 32 36 39 48 52 54 64 72 73 78 81 96 104 108 117 128 144 146 156 162 192 208 216 219 234 288 292 312 324 351 384 416 432 438 468 576 584 624 648 657 702 832 864 876 936 949 1,053 1,152 1,168 1,248 1,296 1,314 1,404 1,664 1,728 1,752 1,872 1,898 1,971 2,106 2,336 2,496 2,592 2,628 2,808 2,847 3,456 3,504 3,744 3,796 3,942 4,212 4,672 4,992 5,184 5,256 5,616 5,694 5,913 7,008 7,488 7,592 7,884 8,424 8,541 9,344 10,368 10,512 11,232 11,388 11,826 14,016 14,976 15,184 15,768 16,848 17,082 21,024 22,464 22,776 23,652 25,623 28,032 30,368 31,536 33,696 34,164 42,048 44,928 45,552 47,304 51,246 60,736 63,072 67,392 68,328 76,869 84,096 91,104 94,608 102,492 121,472 126,144 134,784 136,656 153,738 182,208 189,216 204,984 252,288 273,312 307,476 364,416 378,432 409,968 546,624 614,952 756,864 819,936 1,093,248 1,229,904 1,639,872 2,459,808 3,279,744 4,919,616 and 9,839,232, with no remainder.

Since 9,839,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,839,232, 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).