Q: Is 9,847,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,847,584 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 9,847,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 31 32 36 48 62 72 93 96 124 144 186 248 279 288 372 496 558 744 992 1,103 1,116 1,488 2,206 2,232 2,976 3,309 4,412 4,464 6,618 8,824 8,928 9,927 13,236 17,648 19,854 26,472 34,193 35,296 39,708 52,944 68,386 79,416 102,579 105,888 136,772 158,832 205,158 273,544 307,737 317,664 410,316 547,088 615,474 820,632 1,094,176 1,230,948 1,641,264 2,461,896 3,282,528 4,923,792 and 9,847,584, with no remainder.

Since 9,847,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,847,584, 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).