Q: Is 9,875,130 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,875,130 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 9,875,130 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 17 30 34 51 67 85 102 134 170 201 255 289 335 402 510 578 670 867 1,005 1,139 1,445 1,734 2,010 2,278 2,890 3,417 4,335 4,913 5,695 6,834 8,670 9,826 11,390 14,739 17,085 19,363 24,565 29,478 34,170 38,726 49,130 58,089 73,695 96,815 116,178 147,390 193,630 290,445 329,171 580,890 658,342 987,513 1,645,855 1,975,026 3,291,710 4,937,565 and 9,875,130, with no remainder.

Since 9,875,130 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,875,130, 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).