Q: Is 9,865,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,865,576 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 9,865,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 17 28 34 43 56 68 86 119 136 172 238 241 301 344 476 482 602 731 952 964 1,204 1,462 1,687 1,928 2,408 2,924 3,374 4,097 5,117 5,848 6,748 8,194 10,234 10,363 13,496 16,388 20,468 20,726 28,679 32,776 40,936 41,452 57,358 72,541 82,904 114,716 145,082 176,171 229,432 290,164 352,342 580,328 704,684 1,233,197 1,409,368 2,466,394 4,932,788 and 9,865,576, with no remainder.

Since 9,865,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,865,576, 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).