Q: Is 9,847,260 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,847,260 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 9,847,260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 90 180 227 241 454 482 681 723 908 964 1,135 1,205 1,362 1,446 2,043 2,169 2,270 2,410 2,724 2,892 3,405 3,615 4,086 4,338 4,540 4,820 6,810 7,230 8,172 8,676 10,215 10,845 13,620 14,460 20,430 21,690 40,860 43,380 54,707 109,414 164,121 218,828 273,535 328,242 492,363 547,070 656,484 820,605 984,726 1,094,140 1,641,210 1,969,452 2,461,815 3,282,420 4,923,630 and 9,847,260, with no remainder.

Since 9,847,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,847,260, 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).