Q: Is 9,876,762 a Composite Number?

Why is 9,876,762 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 9,876,762 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 17 18 21 27 29 34 42 51 53 54 58 63 87 102 106 119 126 153 159 174 189 203 238 261 306 318 357 371 378 406 459 477 493 522 609 714 742 783 901 918 954 986 1,071 1,113 1,218 1,431 1,479 1,537 1,566 1,802 1,827 2,142 2,226 2,703 2,862 2,958 3,074 3,213 3,339 3,451 3,654 4,437 4,611 5,406 5,481 6,307 6,426 6,678 6,902 8,109 8,874 9,222 10,017 10,353 10,759 10,962 12,614 13,311 13,833 16,218 18,921 20,034 20,706 21,518 24,327 26,129 26,622 27,666 31,059 32,277 37,842 41,499 48,654 52,258 56,763 62,118 64,554 78,387 82,998 93,177 96,831 113,526 156,774 170,289 182,903 186,354 193,662 235,161 290,493 340,578 365,806 470,322 548,709 580,986 705,483 1,097,418 1,410,966 1,646,127 3,292,254 4,938,381 and 9,876,762, with no remainder.

Since 9,876,762 cannot be divided by just 1 and 9,876,762, 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).